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Anonymousabout 9 hours ago

Global deforestation from agriculture has slowed significantly since the 1990s, with tropical primary forest loss dropping 36% from 2024 to 2025. However, the 2023-2024 El Niño cycle drove wildfires to become the leading cause of tropical forest loss for the first time on record, releasing over 3 gigatons of CO₂ and raising serious questions about whether fire-driven destruction could erase the carbon gains from a decade of forest protection policy.