Deforestation Around The World Map
Estimated deforestation by type of forest and time period pre 1700 2000 fao 2012 5.
Deforestation around the world map. Check out the highlights and learn what you can do with the map. Under the deforestation climate change scenario half the amazon the north central and west could be reduced to 53 percent of the original forest. Analyze forest change within your area of interest by clicking a shape on the map or drawing or uploading a shape. At number 10 we have laos with the deforestation rate of 5 3.
Deforestation data is available in a special google project here. Rates and causes of deforestation vary from region to region around the world. These forests and their trees keep the soil fertile and with so much of deforestation the soil. 93 of the world s forests are naturally occurring.
Let us explore the top 10 countries with highest deforestation rate in the world. According to the 2015 soil atlas around 13 million hectares of forest are cleared every year and of the world s primary forests around 40 million hectares have disappeared since 2000. In 2009 2 3 of the world forests were in 10 top countries. The map shows forest cover density around the world in 2010.
The other half the east south and southeast where agribusiness occurs could become extremely fragmented with only 30 percent of forest remaining. The remaining 7 is planted. Since 1990 europe has seen an increase in forests while africa and the americas saw forests declining. Welcome to the new global forest watch map.
Changes in forest cover by world region. A detailed world map of forest extent and change 2000 2012. We ve made exciting changes to the map to make it faster more powerful and easier to use. 2 in total 17 of the world s forests are within legally protected areas.
1 russia 2 brazil 3 canada 4 united states 5 china 6 australia 7 congo 8 indonesia 9 peru and 10 india. View recent satellite imagery searchable by date and cloud cover.