World lost a football pitch sized area of rainforest every six seconds in 2019

year 2020 is said to be worst year of this century, however, last year was exception for rainforests as over 11.9 million hectares of tree cover were lost in just three continents, according to Global Forest Watch's latest report. As per GFW's data, primary forest loss was 2.8% higher in 2019 than year before and it was third-highest since year 2000 with 2016, 2017 being first and second highest respectively. world lost a football pitch sized rainforest every six-seconds in 2019. 

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Deforestation report

data shows several countries suffering huge losses with Brazil being worst affected by deforestation. "Brazil single-handedly accounted for over a third of all loss of humid tropical primary forests worldwide, with more primary forest lost than any or tropical country in 2019," said report.  

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" primary forest loss data detect a wide range of forest disturbances – from deforestation for agriculture to understory fires to selective logging. While increase in primary forest loss from 2018 to 2019 was modest, government data indicate that one particular form of forest loss — clear-cut deforestation for agriculture and or new land uses — has rapidly increased in Brazilian Amazon over past year," report ded. 

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Or major causes behind primary forest losses were bushfires, illegal mining, land grabbing, and making way for cattle grazing. Bolivia and Australia lost thousands of square kilometres to forest fires last year. Or countries in list of top 10 nations that lost most primary forests in 2019 are Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Malaysia, Colombia, Laos, Mexico, and Cambodia. 

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