More than 100 global leaders have pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade.
"We will have a chance to end humanity's long history as nature's conqueror, and instead become its custodian," said British leader Boris Johnson, calling it an unprecedented agreement.
Yet this natural climate buffer is rapidly disappearing . The world lost 258 000 sq km of forest in 2020, according to WRI's deforestation tracking initiative Global Forest Watch. That is an area larger than the United Kingdom. Under the agreement, 12 countries including Britain have pledged to provide 8.75 billion pounds of public funding between 2021 and 2025 to help developing countries, including in efforts to restore degraded land and tackle wildfires.Brazil signed on to the agreement despite soaring deforestation of the Amazon rainforest under right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.
Although there are signs that Amazon deforestation has come down marginally in 2021, destruction remains at a level not seen since 2008.
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