FOREST LOSTvsFOREST GAINED
WHERE IS THE WORLD LOSING THE MOST TREES?
Over a period of 25 years, there has been a net loss of 129 million hectares of forest worldwide. That’s about the size of South Africa.
The scale of tree destruction, much of it done illegally, poses a huge threat to tackling both climate change and the massive global decline in wildlife.
Click on the two states below to reveal how the world’s forests are changing.
FOREST LOST
FOREST GAINED
Area of Forest Gained (km2)
- No Change
- 0.1-1000
- 1001-5000
- 5001-10,000
- 10,001-50,000
- 50,001-100,000
- 100,001+
Area of Forest Gained (km2)
- No Change
- 0.1-1k
- 1001-5k
- 5001-10k
- 10,001-50k
- 50,001-100k
- 101k+
Area of Forest Lost (km2)
- No Change
- 0.1-1000
- 1001-5000
- 5001-10,000
- 10,001-50,000
- 50,001-100,000
- 100,001-500,000
- 500,001+
Area of Forest Lost (km2)
- No Change
- 0.1-1k
- 1001-5k
- 5001-10k
- 10,001-50k
- 50,001-100k
- 100,001-500k
- 501k+
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Annual global greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by as much as 30% if we reserved tropical deforestation - just one of the reasons to help protect forest
All data can be found here. Source: World Bank.