Football Field of Rainforest Destroyed Every Six Seconds

Vast tracts of pristine rainforest on three continents went up in smoke last year, with an area roughly the size of Switzerland cut down or burned to make way for cattle and commercial crops, researchers said Tuesday.

Deforestation: An ecological genocide: Every six seconds in 2019, world lost rainforest cover size of football field

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We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019

The world lost a football pitch-sized area of tropical forest every six seconds in 2019

One football pitch of forest lost every second in 2017, data reveals, Deforestation

Football pitch of tropical forest lost every 5 seconds