Losses in Brazil's primaryrainforests up15% in2022

Despite accounting for 30 percent of the forests worldwide, Brazil was responsible for 43 percent of the globe's deforestation last year, retaining its position as the leading nation in forest loss. The destruction of 1.8 million hectares in 2022 resulted in 1.2 gigatons (Gt) of carbon dioxide emissions-2.5 times the country's annual emissions from fossil fuels.