Before we look specifically at trends in deforestation across the world, it's useful to understand the netchange in forest cover. The net change in forest cover measures any gains i… See more

Since the end of the last ice age — 10,000 years ago — the world has lost one-third of its … See more

Globally, we deforest around ten million hectares of forest every year.11That’s an area the size of Portugal every year. Around half of this deforestation is offset by regrowing f… See more

Let’s now focus on the consumers of products driving deforestation. After we adjust for imports and exports, how much CO2 from deforestation is each country responsibl… See more