Global deforestation 1990-2020, by climatic domain

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Bruna Alves,
Mar 9, 2023
Approximately 420 million hectares of forest area were lost due to deforestation between 1990 and 2020. However, the deforestation rate has slowed over the last three decades, down from the total 15.8 million hectares per year in 1990-2000 to 10.2 million hectares per year in 2015-2020. The climatic domain that has shown the highest pace of deforestation is the tropical, which saw 9.3 million hectares per year lost in 2015-2020. On the other hand, the boreal domain has the lowest deforestation rate, with a figure of 0.06 million hectares per year in 2015-2020.

Rate of deforestation worldwide from 1990 to 2020, by climatic domain (in million hectares per year)

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November 2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

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