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forest · cleared, and coming back
cleared, in hectares
10 million
a year
0.317
a second
27,379
a day
regrown, in hectares
5.3 million
a year
0.168
a second
14,511
a day
method FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2020: gross deforestation and gross expansion, 2015–2020.
- net loss has fallen from about 7.8 million hectares a year in the 1990s to about 4.7 million now. slower. not stopped.source: FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2020
- the largest single cause of clearing is cattle. then soy, palm oil, and wood.source: Pendrill et al. 2019; Curtis et al. 2018, Science
- abandoned farmland grows back on its own. nobody plants new england. it came back when the farms left.source: Foster & Aber 2004; forest transition literature
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=forest" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · forest"></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
- FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2020: gross deforestation and gross expansion, 2015–2020.
- range
- loss 9–11 Mha/yr; gain 5–6 Mha/yr
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- FAO relies on national reporting; satellite products (GFW) show higher loss. 'regrown' includes plantations.
- becomes a feed
- GLAD deforestation alerts, weekly
- dispute
- dispute LGR-035 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0