Meanings of tropical deforestation in English

Now, other countries are trying to follow Brazil's lead in the war on tropical deforestation.

About half of global tropical deforestation is driven by beef, soy, palm, and paper and pulp.

The simple truth is that without a solution to tropical deforestation, there is no solution to climate change.

Currently tropical deforestation and forest degradation account for about 10% of the world's carbon emissions annually.

One reason is that tropical deforestation has become more devastatingly efficient, notes geographer Douglas Morton of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Agricultural products - including beef and paper - account for over two thirds of tropical deforestation worldwide, said the Global Canopy Programme.

That is why I established a Rainforests Project to try to promote a consensus on how tropical deforestation might be significantly reduced.

Palm oil, one of the world's most widely used vegetable oils, is a fast-growing business and a major cause of tropical deforestation worldwide.

Tropical deforestation accounts for a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

Tropical deforestation accounts for about 15 percent of global climate changing carbon pollution, the GCF said in a statement.

- Tropical deforestation contributes 20 percent of global carbon emissions.