OXFORD, UK, Nov 23 (IPS) – At the beginning of 2020, there were hopes that this would be a ‘super year for nature’. It has not turned out that way. Tropical forests, so crucial for biodiversity, the climate and the indigenous communities who live in them, have continued to be destroyed at alarming rates. In fact, despite the shutdown of large parts of the global economy, rates of deforestation globally have increased since last year.
