‘Alarming’ rate of mountain forest loss a threat to alpine wildlife

Since 2001, 7% of the habitat has been lost globally due to logging, wildfires and agriculture, scientists report

An area of mountain forest larger than the state of Texas has been lost since 2001, with the amount disappearing each year accelerating at an “alarming” rate, a study warns.

Scientists found 78m hectares (193m acres) of mountain forest have been lost across the world in the past two decades, which is more than 7% of all that exists. The main drivers of loss were logging, the expansion of agriculture and wildfires.