Fuelwood Demand Driving Global Forest Loss as Deforestation Surges in Africa and South America
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in the report’s foreword, warned that forests are increasingly threatened by “deforestation, rising temperatures, economic uncertainty and geopolitical divisions”. The assessment concluded that the world remains “off track” in reversing forest loss by 2030 despite ongoing restoration and conservation programmes. Primary forests, which are crucial for biodiversity conservation…