
Crucial tropical forests were destroyed at a rate of 10 soccer fields a minute last year
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The world lost enough tropical forest to cover the entire island nation of Cuba last year, sending more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as India does from burning fossil fuels, according to a new analysis.
Some 11.1 million hectares (around 43,000 square miles) of forest was destroyed, predominantly by logging as well as fires, the analysis by the World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch and the University of Maryland found. Some of those fires were deliberately lit to clear land and many were exacerbated by climate change.
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