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In 2009, two-thirds of the world's forests were located in just 10 countries: Russia, Brazil, Canada, the United States, China, Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, India, and Peru. [2] Global annual deforestation is estimated to total 13.7 million hectares a year, similar to the area of Greece. Half of the area ...
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.
Deforestation in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, 2009. Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. [1] Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use.
In their analysis of global forest loss, Philip Curtis and colleagues used satellite images to assess where and why the world lost forests between 2001 and 2015. The breakdown of forest loss globally, and by region, is shown in the chart. Just over one-quarter of global forest loss is driven by deforestation.
The UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017 - 2030 features a set of six Global Forest Goals and 26 associated targets to be reached by 2030. One important target is to increase forest area by three percent worldwide by 2030. [21] The Global Forest Goals Report 2021 drew on quantitative and bio-physical data primarily from FRA 2020. [22]
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World Resources Institute / Global Forest Review (4 April 2024). Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Data source for 2022 data in Versions 3-4 (has data for 2022 for six countries only, not all ten; these are separate annual amounts, not cumulative sums): McGrath, Matt; Poynting, Mark (27 June 2023).
Pages in category "Deforestation by region" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...