Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires

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Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires

Tuesday 13th January 2026, 1:00PM

Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate changeThe world is losing forests to fire at an unsustainable rate, experts have warned.Wildfires have always been part of nature’s cycle, but in recent decades their scale, frequency and intensity in carbon-rich forests have surged. Continue reading...

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