See which countries are gaining forest though natural forest expansion and afforestation. - 2020 saw the highest amount of forest loss since the creation of the protected area nearly 70000 hectares 173000 acres an area nearly the size of New York City.
The world loses 5 million hectares of forest to deforestation each year.
Deforestation statistics 2020. Some 250 million people living in forest and savannah areas depend on them for subsistence and incomemany of them among the worlds rural poor. Explore long-term changes in deforestation and deforestation rates across the world today. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged to a 12-year high in the year between August 2019 and July 2020 according to the countrys National Institute for Space Research INPE.
Between 2015 and 2020 the rate of deforestation was estimated at 10 million hectares per year down from 16 million hectares per year in the 1990s. According to the watchdog organization Imazon deforestation exploded by 279 percent in March 2020 as compared with last year. Turn around deforestation in 2020 the Nature Super Year says Guterres 21 March 2020 New York.
During the first three months of 2020 alone NISR observed just over 300 square miles of forest were destroyed. Explore interactive global tree cover loss charts by country. 13 million hectares of forest have been converted for other uses or destroyed by natural causes.
The deforestation rate of the Legal Amazon region in Brazil reached the highest level in over a decade. INPE data published in mid-January found that deforestation in the Amazon in northern Brazil had soared 85 percent in 2019 clearing 9166 square kilometersthe highest number in at least five. On the International Day of Forests which falls on Saturday UN chief António Guterres is.
The area of primary forest worldwide has decreased by over 80 million hectares since 1990. WWF Statement on Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act December 09 2020. Preliminary data show clearing of Triunfo do Xingus forests has continued into 2021 with unusually high levels of deforestation detected the week of March 15.
While Im writing this almost 3 hectares have been cleared. 2020 Forest Fires Globally Could be Worse Than 2019 WWF Warns August 27 2020. These figures are up over 50 percent from the same time the year previous.
Deforestation impacts 16 billion rural people worldwide who rely on forests for their livelihoods 3 most live in extreme poverty. An Area Roughly the Size of California166000 Square MilesLost to Deforestation Worldwide Between 2004 and 2017 January 13 2021. The source estimated that 11088 square kilometers of.
Tweet this fact Conservation Internationalphoto by Bailey Evans 12 of emissions. INPEs deforestation alert system DETER shows that deforestation during January 2020 amounted to 284 square kilometers 110 square miles an area 83 times the size of New Yorks Central Park. This is a 95 increase from the previous year.
The loss is more than twice that registered in January 2019. A total of 11088 sq km 4281 sq miles of rainforest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020. Up to 28000 species can go extinct in the next quarter century due to deforestation.
According to Brazils National Institute for Space Research INPE deforestation has risen by over 50 in the first quarter of 2020. Analyze global forest data and trends including land use change deforestation rates and forest fires.
