2024 forest loss data shows wildfires are driving global forest losses
A Greener Life
JUNE 10, 2025
By Anders Lorenzen New forest loss data has revealed that in 2024, wildfires have overtaken deforestation activities, such as industrial logging, as the primary reason behind forest losses. Graph showing the rapid increase in forest loss between 2023 and 2024. In 2024, fires burned five times the amount of forest they did in 2023.
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