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19 lis 2021 · Indonesia: Palm oil plantations. Indonesia has been among the world's top five countries for forest loss for the past two decades. According to data from Global Forest Watch, the country lost...
29 kwi 2024 · From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from the previous year, according to a World Resources Institute analysis of new deforestation data.
‘Forest loss’ or ‘tree loss’ captures two fundamental impacts on forest cover: deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation is the complete removal of trees for the conversion of forest to another land use such as agriculture, mining, or towns and cities.
11 paź 2022 · Deforestation is the clearing of forested land with the purpose of converting it for use in another way, such as agriculture, mining or raising livestock. Earth has lost more than 1 billion acres of forest to deforestation since 1990. Here’s a round-up of key facts and impacts related to deforestation.
Forests cover approximately 31 percent of the global land area and provide habitat for the vast majority of the terrestrial plant and animal species known to science. Forests and the biodiversity they contain continue to be under threat from farming and exploitation, much of it illegal.
4 cze 2024 · A vast tropical archipelago stretching across the equator, Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest rainforest, with a variety of endangered wildlife and plants, including orangutans, elephants and giant forest flowers. Some live nowhere else.
Explore the state of forests worldwide by analyzing tree cover change on GFW’s interactive global forest map using satellite data. Learn about deforestation rates and other land use practices, forest fires, forest communities, biodiversity and much more.
