Paris: While images of massive fires and large-scale logging in the Amazon often dominate discussions on deforestation, new research shows that small-scale rainforest clearing is causing a disproportionately large impact on the global climate. A study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday found that forest clearances of less than two hectares, though representing only a small fraction of total deforestation, account for 56 per cent of carbon losses in the world’s tropical rainforests over the past three decades. “These quieter, smaller acts of forest destruction are responsible for most…
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