Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram – An independent study has found that the national carbon accounting system of Australia may be significantly underreporting deforestation in Queensland. In Queensland, where roughly 44% of the national cattle herd grazes and the majority of land clearing has occurred, 85% of which is from the cattle industry, officials have recorded deforestation at almost twice the rate calculated by the national system used to calculate industry emissions. Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world, but the Australian government has promised that it will prevent any further extinctions. Conservationists continue to encourage them to uphold their zero-extinction commitment. The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging across Australia and Tasmania. Link in bio to learn more. Photo credit: John Carnemolla/Getty Images