← on nowLGR-075 · v0.1.0 · model · count costa rica: the year you were born, and now
costa rica · forest cover
born 1950 65 → 58 % of land when you were born the country was 65% forest. it fell to about a fifth by 1987. it is 58% now.
method FONAFIFO / SINAC forest cover by year.
born 1970 42 → 58 % of land the forest has come back over 16% of the country since you were born.
a 1996 law banned clearing forest. farmers were paid to leave it standing. it worked.
born 1990 27 → 58 % of land the forest has come back over 31% of the country since you were born.
a 1996 law banned clearing forest. farmers were paid to leave it standing. it worked.
born 2010 53 → 58 % of land the forest has come back over 5% of the country since you were born.
a 1996 law banned clearing forest. farmers were paid to leave it standing. it worked.
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=costa%20rica" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · costa rica"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- FONAFIFO / SINAC forest cover by year.
- range
- ±5 percentage points
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- definitions of 'forest' changed over the century.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-075 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0