Agony of Mother Earth (I) The Unstoppable Destruction of Forests
This is the first of a two-part series on how humankind has been systematically destroying world’s forests—the real lungs of Mother Earth. Part II will deal with forest depletion for wood-fuel.
The Selm Muir Forest of West Lothian, Scotland. Credit: UN Photo/Robert Clamp
Thursday, May 25, 2017
- The world’s forests are being degraded and lost at a staggering rate of 3.3 million hectares per year. While their steady destruction in many Asian countries continues apace, deforestation of the world’s largest tropical forest – the Amazon – increased 29 per cent from last year’s numbers. And some of the most precious ecosystems in Africa are threatened by oil, gas and mineral exploration and exploitation.
