Net forest loss is not the same as deforestation — it measures deforestation plus any gains in forest over a given period. Between 2010 and 2020, the net loss in forests glob… See more

Since the end of the last ice age — 10,000 years ago — the world has lost one-third of its forests.2Two billion hectares of forest — an area twice the size of the United States — has bee… 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