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NEW YORK: The world lost an area of virgin rainforest the size of Switzerland in 2022, German news agency (dpa) quoted a new study. Around 4.1 million hectares of primary rainforest vanished, partly destroyed by fires, but mainly due to human deforestation activities.The calculation by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, which was published on Tuesday, estimates a forested area the size of 11 football fields disappeared every minute.The tropics lost 10 per cent more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021, WRI found, describing the pace of destruction as “relentless”.Primary forest, i.e. natural forest largely untouched by humans, is vitally important in the preservation of b

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