Three years ago, many countries agreed to end deforestation by 2030. Yet demand for palm oil, soy, beef, paper and nickel continues to drive deforestation despite commitments by 140 states.
According to the report, global deforestation will increase further in 2023. Attention to climate Summarized by The Guardian : In 2023, 6.4 million hectares of forests were deforested and on top of that 62.4 million hectares of forests were cut down and destroyed. ConstructionsConstructions roads or fire. It is in Indonesia (+57% deforestation) and Bolivia where forests have suffered the most degradation due to policy changes, but also due to increased demand from rich countries for certain products: beef. meat, SoldierSoldierpalm oil, paper and get outget out.
On the other hand some countries have made enormous efforts like Brazil. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised to act in favor of forests, and he kept it: 62 percent less deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest by 2023. But this undeniable progress hides another deforestation: that of Carido, a savanna region in Brazil, where deforestation has increased by 68%!
Other countries have developed, such as Australia, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela and Vietnam. In contrast, North America and Latin America have further destroyed their forests.
Our current momentum is disastrous.
As the study illustrates, despite commitments from 140 countries at COP26 in Glasgow, including France, deforestation has worsened and there has been no general improvement. Its goal was to reduce deforestation by at least 10 percent each year. However, in 2023, deforestation was 50 percent higher than if the 2030 target had been reached. The matterThe matter Europe is a major culprit in deforestation in the world: Europe accounts for 16% of deforestation abroad. According to WWF, each French person causes the disappearance of an average of 352 square meters of forests abroad.
However, Europe proposed a very ambitious bill: a ban on products resulting from deforestation, which would directly affect coffee, chocolate, leather and wooden furniture. But on October 3, the European Commission finally postponed the plan for a year after protests from certain countries such as Australia, Brazil, Indonesia and the Ivory Coast.