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This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area. [1] [need quotation to verify]
Momentum has since continued, with 40,000 young ambassadors spreading the message in over 100 countries. [20] In 2015, researcher Tom Crowther found that about 3 trillion trees exist in the world [21] and later it was also estimated that planting 1.2 trillion more trees would counteract 10 years of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. [22]
Countries will need close to 3 billion acres (1.2 billion hectares) of land to fulfill their current climate pledges, thanks to their focus on techniques like planting new trees over tougher but ...
Over 90% of the world's forests regenerate organically, and more than half are covered by forest management plans or equivalents. [32] [33] An image of a reforestation site in Praslin. Globally, planted forests increased from 4.1% to 7.0% of the total forest area between 1990 and 2015. [2]
More than 90% of the old-growth rainforests of the Philippine Archipelago have been cut. [45] Other Southeast Asian countries where major deforestation is ongoing are Cambodia and Laos. According to a documentary by TelePool, deforestation is being directed by corrupt military personnel and the government (forestry services). [46]
Trees account for more than a quarter of the species on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List. The number of threatened trees is more than double the number of ...
Russia has the largest forest area in the world, at 815 million hectares (a fifth of global forest cover). The other four countries all house more than 100 million hectares of forest each. The small African nation of Gabon, while only containing 0.58% of the world's forest cover, has the largest forest-to-land ratio of any country (91.3%). [4]
As of November 2020, over 360 million trees had been planted in Madagascar by Eden Projects employees, with an average of 14 million more trees being planted every month. Thousands of local villagers now had consistent employment and were now able to send their children to school, provide food and clothing for dependent family members, and ...