Last year, 37,000 square kilometers of tropical jungle were destroyed worldwide. That is around 4,000square kilometers less than in the previous year.
The lost forest area is approximately the same size as North Rhine-Westphalia. In Brazil, the loss decreased significantly in 2023, but according to the report, the country is still the one with the greatest forest loss. Canada also features prominently in the statistics for 2023. Forest decline was particularly severe in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bolivia and Indonesia.