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What's behind the rise in deforestation?

The Inside Story Podcast
The Inside Story Podcast
Episode • Apr 29, 2022 • 23m

The world is losing its trees despite a decades long effort to stop deforestation. A report by Global Forest Watch says the earth lost a staggering 11.1 million hectares of forest last year. So, what's behind this destruction? And can it be stopped?

Join host Laura Kyle.

Guests:

Frances Seymour - Distinguished Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute.

Wessel Van Eeden - Global Communications Director at justdiggit, an organization working to restore trees and landscape in Africa.

Michael Jacobs - Professor of Political Economy at the University of Sheffield.