Loss of mountain forests is increasing worldwide
Over 85 percent of mammal, bird, and amphibian species live in mountain forests. Since 2000, 78 million hectares of these forests have disappeared.
78.1 million hectares lost
Over 85 percent of the Earth's mammal, bird, and amphibian species live in mountain forests. Since the beginning of the new millennium, 78.1 million hectares (7.1 percent) of mountain forests have been lost. Deforestation is the primary cause (42 percent), followed by wildfires (29 percent).
Acceleration of 50 percent
The annual rate of loss increased by 50 percent from the first to the second decade of the 21st century. The study in One Earth emphasizes how important it is to find a balance between forest protection and human livelihoods. More on the topic of Biodiversity, Climate Change and Environment and Nature Conservation.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
