Study Shows Natural Regrowth of Tropical Forests Has Immense Potential to Address Environmental Concerns Oct. 30, 2024 — A new study finds that up to 215 million hectares of land (an area larger ...
A study in Nature finds that up to 215 million hectares of land (an area larger than Mexico) in humid tropical regions around the world has the potential to naturally regrow. That much forest ...
Annually. Because that’s not happening, tropical nations over the past 20 years have continued to lose an average of 3.64 million hectares (9 million acres) of forest annually, an area larger ...
About 215 million hectares of land – an area ... They also grow much faster than other forest types, and many large tropical forests have already been cleared and degraded.