Global deforestation slowed in 2025 but surged in Congo basin: study
A new report says 7 million hectares were lost in 2025, while rainforest loss in the Congo Basin rose to 2.4 million hectares.
- A new study released Wednesday reported global deforestation slowed last year, with 7 million hectares of forest permanently destroyed in 2025, a 15-percent drop from the previous year, according to the Forest Declaration Assessment.
- Latin America's 33-percent drop in deforestation drove the global improvement, but the situation deteriorated sharply in Central Africa, where rainforest loss reached 2.4 million hectares—near the same level as the Amazon for the first time.
- An exceptionally strong Nino weather pattern threatens future progress, with Erin Matson of Climate Focus calling the 2025 figures "encouraging but so far it's the exception, not a new trajectory."
- Sam Nguiffo, founder of the Centre for Environment and Development in Cameroon, called the losses "a disaster," warning that logging and agriculture are fueling conflicts for local and indigenous communities.
- Experts warn progress faces threats from recent elections in Colombia and Peru, while Brazil's presidential runoff on October 25 features Luiz Inacio Lula against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro; the report concludes the world is set to miss its 2030 deforestation pledge.
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The El Niño phenomenon threatens positive developments, as it brings drought, which promotes the spread of forest fires.
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Global deforestation slowed in 2025 but surged in Congo basin: study
Seven million hectares of forest -- roughly the size of the Republic of Ireland -- were permanently destroyed in 2025, a 15-percent drop from the previous year, according to the annual Forest Declaration Assessment. The slowdown, however, is not enough to keep the world from missing a pledge to end deforestation by 2030, according to the report, which was drafted by a coalition of research groups and non-governmental organisations. The 2025 figu…
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By 2030, more than 100 states wanted to stop large-scale deforestation. Despite a decline last year, the gap to the target is large. A region is developing particularly critically.
Deforestation Drops Globally, Spikes in Congo
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