Threats to Rainforests | Rainforest Foundation UK

  • every 2 seconds, we lose an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch
  • deforestation and forest degradation accounts for around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions
  • logging, mining, oil exploration and industrial plantations are some of the leading causes of deforestation
  • the congo basin rainforest is a unique home to many endangered and threatened animal species, including the okapi, the bonobo and the forest elephant
  • etc.
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English, French
Region
Europe
Resource type
Reports
Strategic Pillars
Indigenous Monitoring, Evaluation, Adapting & Social Learning
Topic
Lands, forests and territories
Organization
Rainforest Foundation UK
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