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Deforestation in British Columbia has resulted in a net loss of 1.06 million hectares (2.6 million acres) of tree cover between the years 2000 and 2020. [104] More traditional losses have been exacerbated by increased threats from climate change driven fires, increased human activity, and invasive species.
Deforestation in the United States was affected by many factors. One such factor was the effect, whether positive or negative, that the logging industry has on forests in the country. Logging in the United States is a hotly debated topic as groups who either support or oppose logging argue over its benefits and negative effects.
Forest area net change rate per country in 2020. Deforestation is defined as the conversion of forest to other land uses (regardless of whether it is human-induced). [14] Deforestation and forest area net change are not the same: the latter is the sum of all forest losses (deforestation) and all forest gains (forest expansion) in a given period ...
English: Stacked column chart showing annual loss of tree cover, globally, based on World Resources Institute data published on Mongabay. Different from source's chart: the present chart uses downward-projecting bars, and re-orders the sequence of the four data series so that regions are in order from pole to equator: Boreal, Temperate, Sub-tropical, and Tropical.
The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. [38] [39] According to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased by more than 50% in the first three months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. [40]
English: Global forest expansion and deforestation 1990–2020 (million hectares per year), from the Food and Agriculture Organization publication The State of the World's Forests 2020. Forests, biodiversity and people – In brief
Percentage of land area covered by forest in each country This graph depicts trends in changes in global forest cover annually for various regions and sub-regions. The percentage of each country's land which is forested was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 2020 and is expected to be updated in 2025 and every 5 years after ...
In the most recent five-year period (2015–2020), the annual rate of deforestation was estimated at 10 million ha, down from 12 million ha in 2010–2015. On a regional scale, Africa has the highest annual rate of net forest loss at 3.9 million ha in 2010–2020, followed by South America at 2.6 million ha.