Fires cause memorize tropical forests in climate threat

World tropical forests, which provide a crucial anti-climate change, disappeared faster than ever recorded last year, proposes a new satellite analysis.

Researchers estimate that 67,000 square square square kilometers (26,000 square kilometers from these intact, old forest growth lost in 2024. – area in almost great as the Republic of Ireland, or 18 football groups.

The fires were the main cause, overtaking land from agriculture for the first time on the minutes, and Amazono was especially bad due to drought.

However, there were more positive news in Southeast Asia, however, government policies help reduce noise loss.

Tropical rainforests store hundreds of billion tons of carbon in soils and wooden troops. But this new global record asks additional questions about their resistance to the heating planet.

Many researchers concern some forests, such as parts of the Amazon, they can approach “rollover”, behind which they could fall into a non-refundable decline.

“The idea for rolling is, I think it’s more and more real,” said Prof. Matej Hansen, Ko-Director of the Major Laboratory at the University of Mariland, which produces data.

Prof. Hansen described new results as “frightening” and warned of the possible “crushing” of the rainforest, where she died into the tropical forests of old growth and permanently crossed to Savannah.

“It’s still theory, but I think that’s more likely to watch the data.”

A separate study, Posted last weekmade a similar warning of possible significant of the Amazon’s frosty if global warming exceeds International Meta 1.5c.

It would not only obey the wireless range of wild animals living in these greater living habitats, would also have serious consequences for the global climate.

Until recently, Amazon was doing humanity service, absorbing multiple coal-dioxide heating planets (CO2) than he published.

But the burning of these forests emits huge amounts of CO2 – adding warming, not limiting it.

In 2023-24, Amazon experienced his worst drought to the record, Encouraged by climate change and natural heating Children’s time form.

A lot of fire began intentionally to clean the land for agriculture, which makes it difficult to separate the two.

But the drought provided ideal firewood to spread control, with Brazil and Bolivia the most favorably affected.

While only one-year-old year meets the expected form of more intensive tropical fire in the world world.

“I think we are in the new phase, where it is not just the cleaning of agriculture, which is the main driver,” said Rod Taylor World World Resource Institute (VRI), which is also behind the last report.

“Now we have this new reinforcement effect, which is a real loop for feedback on climate change, where fires are much more intense and much more fun than ever.”

A total of a loss in the world of old growth (basic) tropical forests in the world was exempt from 3.1 billion tons of gases for heating planets, and researchers estimate.

That is about the same as the emissions of the European Union.

The countries in Southeast Asia, however, abolished the global trend.

The area of ​​primary forest loss in Indonesia has reduced 11% compared to 2023, for example, despite the conditions of drought.

This is the result of harmonized efforts of governments and communities working together at the implementation of the Law on “without ignition”, according to Elizabeth Goldman, the Co-Director of the Global Forest Watch Project on the VRI.

“Indonesia serves as a bright spot in data in 2024,” she said.

“Political will is a key factor in success – it is impossible otherwise,” Gabriel Labbate agreed, the head of climate change on the United Nations Nations Nations Nations, which was not involved in today’s report.

Other countries, including Brazil, saw success in the past with similar approaches, but started seeing losses again increases in 2014. years after the change of government policies.

Prof Hansen said that although the progress in Southeast Asia was positive, fluctuations of forest loss in Brazil show that protection policies must be consistent.

“The key has not yet seen maintained success in reducing and maintaining low levels of conversion these ecosystems and if you were interested in preserving the environment, you always have forever,” he said he said the news

Researchers agree that the UN Climat COP30 – which is hosted in Amazon, will be critical for sharing and promotion of forest protection schemes.

One proposal is to reward countries that maintain tropical forests through payment. The detail is yet to be worked out, but it promises, according to Rod Taylor.

“I think that is an example of innovation that deals with one of the basic questions that currently have more money to make a cross-session, but we hold them,” he said.

Ervan Rivault Graphics