By Mukesh 
The pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels equivalent to 11 football fields per minute, researchers said Wednesday (April 29, 2026).
The world lost 4.3 million hectares (10.6 million acres) of tropical primary rainforest last year — down 36% from 2024, said researchers from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Maryland.