ANKARA Wildfires fueled by climate change have pushed global forest loss to record levels in 2024, with fires overtaking agriculture as the leading cause of deforestation for the first time, new data shows. According to new research from the US’s University of Maryland, the world lost 6.7 million hectares of tropical primary forest this year – nearly double the amount lost in 2023. Wildfires accounted for nearly half of total forest destruction worldwide, marking a major shift in the drivers of

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