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Global forest loss slows but El Niño fires could threaten progress

BBC News · · 773 words · By Mark Poynting
International Conservation Efforts (Brazil, EU) Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
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“The loss of tropical rainforests slowed last year, new satellite data suggests, largely due to Brazil's efforts to curb deforestation in the Amazon.”
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Multiple web search results report that global rainforest loss slowed down, and specifically attribute the slowdown to policy actions and declines in Brazil's forest loss. One source notes that Brazil's forest loss was 41% lower than in 2024, and another mentions the slowdown was due to sharp declines in Brazil.
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web search NEUTRAL — Economic losses due to deforestation in Brazil could reach around 317 billion dollars per year, approximately 7 times higher in comparison to the cost of all commodities produced through deforestation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_Brazil
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite last year’s progress, global forest loss remains 70 percent above the level required to meet the 2030 goal of halting and reversing forest loss, the researchers said. Much of last year’s slowd…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/tropical-forest-los…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brazil's forest loss, excluding fires, was 41% lower than in 2024—its lowest rate on record.Tropical primary rainforest loss decreased by 36% in 2025 compared to the previous year, largely due to poli…
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-tropical-forest-loss-eases-yea…
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“Researchers estimate that nearly 43,000 sq km (17,000 sq miles) of old-growth tropical forests were lost globally in 2025 – about the size of Denmark.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general dictionary and Wikipedia entries unrelated to global forest loss figures or the year 2025. No specific evidence confirms the loss of 43,000 sq km of old-growth tropical forests globally in 2025.
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“The latest figures show that the loss of tropical forests fell by 36% in 2025, according to analysis from the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland.”
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While the web search results discuss the decline of tropical forest loss and provide specific percentages (e.g., 36% decrease), they do not attribute this figure to the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland, nor do they confirm the year 2025 as the source of the 36% figure. The evidence is insufficient to verify the specific institutional attribution.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский горный университет императрицы Екатерины II) is the oldest technical university of Russia and one of the oldest…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is a research institute in New Delhi that specializes in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development. Established in 1974, it was formerly k…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Energy_and_Resources_Insti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global non-profit research organization established in 1982 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation under the leadership of James Gustave Speth. Subsequent …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Resources_Institute
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“The decline last year partly reflects an easing of the unprecedented fires of 2024, helped by cooler La Niña conditions instead of the warmer El Niño.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the decline in forest loss was partly due to an easing of the 2024 fires, and specifically mention that this easing was helped by cooler La Niña conditions, contrasting this with the El Niño pattern.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Niña or la Niña, may refer to: La Niña, an ocean-atmosphere phenomenon, the complement of El Niño Niña (name) Niña (ship), a ship used by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niña
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Effects of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in Australia are present across most of Australia, particularly the north and the east, and are one of the main climate drivers of the country. Associated w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_El_Niño–Souther…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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“Excluding losses driven by fires, an estimated 5,700 sq km (2,200 sq miles) of old-growth tropical forests disappeared in Brazil last year - the lowest figure since the analysis began in 2002.”
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Two separate web search results provide the exact figure and context: that excluding fire-driven losses, an estimated 5,700 sq km (2,200 sq miles) of old-growth tropical forests disappeared in Brazil last year, and that this was the lowest figure since 2002.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Portuguese people (Portuguese: Portugueses – masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country that occupies the west side of the Iberian…
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“World leaders pledged to "halt and reverse" forest loss by 2030 at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, but progress towards that pledge remains way off track.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that at COP26 in Glasgow (November 2, 2021), world leaders pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
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web search NEUTRAL — Over 130 leaders, representing more than 90% of the world's forests, have committed to work together to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 in the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on…
https://unfccc.int/news/cop26-pivotal-progress-made-on-susta…
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web search NEUTRAL — Over 140 leaders, accounting for more than 90% of the world's forests, have committed to work together to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 in the Glasgow Leaders ...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cop26-world-leade…
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web search NEUTRAL — GLASGOW (November 2, 2021)—On the second day of the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow, over 100 countries pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030. In the plan, globa…
https://www.wri.org/news/statement-glasgow-leaders-issue-dec…
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“In 2024, tropical forests disappeared faster than ever before, driven by fires amplified by human-caused climate change and the El Niño weather pattern.”
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Two web search results confirm that in 2024, tropical forests disappeared faster than ever before, and that this was driven by fires amplified by human-caused climate change and the El Niño weather pattern.
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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2024, tropical forests disappeared faster than ever before, driven by fires amplified by human-caused climate change and the El Niño weather pattern .
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78q5pygn66o
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web search NEUTRAL — Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lnngl6713o
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“In a separate report released on Wednesday, the EU's Copernicus climate service laid out how climate change had helped to drive intense heatwaves, wildfires and droughts in large parts of Europe last year.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported on climate change's role in driving intense heatwaves, wildfires, and droughts in Europe last year (2025).
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web search NEUTRAL — The ESOTC report is produced by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by ECMWF, and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and brings together the work of around 100 scie…
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2026/europe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Almost all of Europe experienced above-average heat in 2025, a year that broke records for wildfires, sea temperatures and heatwaves as climate change worsens, EU scientists and the World Meteorologic…
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/593723/nearly-all-of-europe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Virtually no part of Europe was left untouched by extreme weather and hotter temperatures in 2025. The continent endured unprecedented heatwaves, experienced its largest wildfire and recorded its hott…
https://www.dw.com/en/extreme-weather-and-green-energy-on-th…
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“Already the world's fastest-warming continent, few places escaped the heat, with at least 95% of Europe experiencing above-average annual temperatures.”
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The claim states that 'at least 95% of Europe experienced above-average annual temperatures.' While related web search results confirm that 'almost all of Europe' experienced above-average heat in 2025, the specific quantitative claim of 'at least 95%' is not independently corroborated by a second source.
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“The warmth helped to create conditions for widespread wildfires, with more than 10,000 sq km (4,000 sq miles) burning in total - a bigger area than Cyprus.”
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The claim states that 'more than 10,000 sq km of wildfires burned in Europe last year.' While the web search results confirm that Europe experienced a 'largest wildfire' and 'record for wildfires,' the specific quantitative figure of 'more than 10,000 sq km' is not independently corroborated by a second source.
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“The report did point to progress on efforts to tackle climate change, with nearly half of Europe's electricity now coming from wind, solar and hydropower.”
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