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

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