Data: Global Forest Watch/World Resources Institute; Note: Includes countries with at least 1 Mha of tropical primary forest in 2001; Map: Alice Feng/Axios
Despite global commitments to halt the loss of tropical forests, the world lost 10% more primary rainforest in 2022 than it did the year before.
Why it matters: The world's tropical rainforests are a vast terrestrial carbon sink, but they are in jeopardy from logging, agricultural expansion and the effects of climate change, which is altering precipitation patterns.
