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Threats to Temperate Rainforests
November 24 , 2024
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- More than 68 per cent of temperate rainforests would be lost to climate change under a ‘business-as-usual’ scenario.
- ‘Business-as-usual’ suggests a likely outcome if no concerted efforts are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- About two-thirds of such forests would be lost under this scenario by 2100.
- Temperate rainforests are rare ecosystems found only in wet and cool regions.
- They are spread over less than one per cent of the planet’s terrestrial surface and account for about 2.5 per cent global forest cover.
- The countries with the largest temperate rainforest climate biome are Canada, the US, Chile, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
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