Jun 10
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Annual Change in Forest Area Mapped
The world has a total forest area of 4.06 billion hectares, almost 1/3 (31%) of the land globally. This area equals 0.52 hectares per person, but forests are not spread equally geographically and among the planet’s people.
The tropical zone has the most significant proportion of the global forests (45%), accompanied by the boreal, temperate and subtropical zones.
More than half (54%) of the global forests have in only 5 nations–Russia, Brazil, Canada, the United States, and China.
Primary forests are not significantly disturbed by human activity cover approximately 1.11 billion hectares. But the area of primary forests has declined by 81 million hectares since 1990.
