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- How can we save the world’s rainforests? - The World Economic Forum
The second largest rainforest is in the Congo Basin which drains an area of 3 7 million square kilometres Most of the Congo rainforest is within the Democratic Republic of the Congo Deforestation of the region has been increasing in recent years, with 6 million hectares of primary forest lost between 2002 and 2019
- 4 vital steps to protect the world’s remaining rainforests
The Amazon is undoubtedly the world’s largest single rainforest covering 6 7 million kilometres at present, hosting up to 10% of the world’s biodiversity in one single forest Others include the Congo rainforest in Central Africa, the second largest rainforest, as well as Southeast Asian Rainforests covering Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia
- 6 things you didn’t know about rainforests | World Economic Forum
The temperate rainforest is a dense carbon store - but it could be more endangered than the tropical rainforest As well as helping with the development of medicines, rainforest fauna and flora have inspired products from tape to shoe soles Rapid nutrient cycling means rainforest soils are often very poor and not suitable for agriculture
- Tropical forests lost at fastest recorded rate in 2024
The tropics lost a record-breaking 6 7 million hectares of primary rainforest in 2024, according to new data from the University of Maryland’s GLAD lab, published via the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Global Forest Watch platform
- The Democratic Republic of Congo to create the Earth’s largest . . .
The Congo Basin faces myriad and growing threats, including monocrop plantations, industrial meat farming, deforestation and the impacts of the climate crisis like the spread of drought and disease
- How Amazonia cities can help build a sustainable planet
Contrary to popular belief, which depicts Amazonia as a pristine, untouched wilderness, the region has always been inhabited and the rainforest is the result of deep and long-standing human influence A new strategy is emerging to support Amazonia cities and their inhabitants, while promoting the conservation of their different ecosystems
- Collaboration for Earth’s largest tropical forest reserve
It is the only sizeable tropical rainforest with enough trees remaining to absorb substantially more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it emits Spanning six countries , with 60% of its forest in the DRC , it sequesters 1 5 billion tons of CO2 annually with a peat swamp that stores 29 billion tons of carbon – equivalent to about three years’ worth
- Old-growth forests and ancient trees: what you need to know
According to a new World Resources Institute (WRI) report, the world lost more primary rainforest in 2024 than in any other year in at least the last two decades The WRI defines primary forest as “old-growth forests that are typically high in carbon stock and rich in biodiversity”
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