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According to a 2005 report conducted by the FAO, Vietnam has the second highest rate of deforestation of primary forests in the world, second to only Nigeria. [44] More than 90% of the old-growth rainforests of the Philippine Archipelago have been cut. [45] Other Southeast Asian countries where major deforestation is ongoing are Cambodia and Laos.
This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area. [1] [need quotation to verify]
A country that consumes more than 1.73 gha per person has a resource demand that is not sustainable world-wide if every country were to exceed that consumption level simultaneously. Countries with a footprint below 1.73 gha per person might not be sustainable: the quality of the footprint may still lead to net long-term ecological destruction.
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
From 1996 and 2016, the average loss rate of mangroves in the country is around 3.6 to 3.9 percent annually. [1] With this rapid rate of forest loss, Myanmar was ranked globally as one of the top countries with the highest deforestation rate. [1] [4] Green forest in remote locations of Myanmar
In a year period, spanning from August 2019 to July 2020, deforestation in the world's largest rainforest increased by nearly 10%. Amazon sees highest levels of deforestation in 12 years [Video ...
The regions with the highest tropical deforestation rate between 2000 and 2005 were Central America—which lost 1.3% of its forests each year—and tropical Asia. [49] In Central America , two-thirds of lowland tropical forests have been turned into pasture since 1950 and 40% of all the rainforests have been lost in the last 40 years. [ 66 ]
Comprising over 17,000 islands, Indonesia is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet and home to about 23% of the world's mangrove forests. It's also consistently ranked in the top 3 countries for highest rate of deforestation. [27]