This is probably less than many people would expect. Increasing human dominance of tropical forests. The 11-month balance shows that 1,539,970 trees were cut down each day, which means 1,059 trees per minute or almost 18 trees per second. Do rich countries import deforestation from overseas? Lets take a look at which countries are causing deforestation overseas and the size of this impact. They cut down their forests and replaced it with agricultural land long ago. On the left-hand side we have the countries (grouped by region) where deforestation occurs, and on the right we have the countries and regions where these products are consumed. After we adjust for imports and exports, how much CO2 from deforestation is each country responsible for? As I mentioned earlier, 14% of deforestation today is driven by consumers in rich countries. The UN FAO estimate that 10 million hectares of forest were cut down each year. Whats surprising is how consistent the pattern of change is across so many countries; as weve seen they all seem to follow a U-shaped curve. But when forests are cut, burned or otherwise removed they emit carbon instead of absorb carbon. Less than one-third (29%) is for the production of goods that are traded. This interactive map shows deforestation rates across the world. In a study published in Global Environmental Change, Florence Pendrill and colleagues investigated where tropical deforestation was occurring; what products were driving this; and, using global trade models, they traced where these products were going in international supply chains.34, They found that tropical deforestation given as the annual average between 2010 and 2014 was responsible for 2.6 billion tonnes of CO2 per year. It results in a permanent conversion of forest into an alternative land use. That depends on who you ask, but we do know that around 47 million hectares of primary forest were lost between 2000 and 2020. Mather, A. S. (2004). Tropical forests are also large carbon sinks, and can store a lot of carbon per unit area.26. are added every year. There is some bad news, though: that number is likely to increase by 20% by 2023. [4] Forests cover 4.06 billion hectares (just less than 31%) of Thats both an economic and environmental win. For the last two centuries forests have been growing and are almost back to where they were 1000 years ago.13. According to CNN, each year over 1,000 plants and animal species go extinct due to deforestation and subsequent habitat loss. This shifting agriculture category can be difficult to allocate between deforestation and degradation: it often requires close monitoring over time to understand how permanent these agricultural practices are. Low agricultural productivity and a reliance on wood for fuel meant that large amounts of land had to be cleared for basic provisions. Stage 4 The Post-Transition phase is when countries have passed the transition point and are now gaining forest again. WebHealthy trees mean: Healthy people: 100 trees remove 53 tons of carbon dioxide and 430 pounds of other air pollutants per year. By Georgina Rannard. We then get high-income countries share of deforestation as: [40% of the 29% that is traded], which is equal to 12%. To understand this more recent loss of forest, lets zoom in on the last 300 years. Forests: this data is primarily sourced from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Approximately 3.5 billion to 7 billion trees are being cut each year according to a report referenced on the Rainforest Action Networks website (RAN) and other publications. At the beginning of this phase, the forest area is at its lowest point. Many rich countries are driving deforestation in other parts of the world, but are regrowing forests domestically. Hosonuma et al. From this understanding we can define five reasons why we lose forests: Thanks to satellite imagery, we can get a birds-eye view of what these drivers look like from above. The average across the EU was 0.3 tonnes CO2 per person. The amount of land per person that was needed to produce enough food was not small in fact, it was much larger than today. Forestry Commission. Meanwhile, the global population increased by 147% from 3.1 to 7.6 billion.4 This means that agricultural land per person more than halved, from 1.45 to 0.63 hectares. From the 1920s through to the 1980s, decadal losses quadrupled to almost 120 million hectares. The amount of land used for agriculture land to grow crops as well as grazing land for livestock was expanding. If we can take advantage of these innovations, we can bring deforestation to an end. The researchs results are Journal of Rural Studies, 15(1), 65-90.Mather, A. S., & Needle, C. L. (2000). The study also finds that human activity negatively affects tree abundance from the boreal forests to the equator. How Many Trees are Cut down for Paper Each Year . They also contribute to global deforestation through the foods they import from poorer countries. The biodiversity of managed tree plantations which are periodically cut, regrown, cut again, then regrown is not the same. Deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for around 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions. To quote them, they wanted to prevent a common misperception that any tree cover loss shown on the map represents deforestation. For example, the US imported 64,000 hectares of deforested land, but increased its domestic forest area by 275,000 hectares. We see this in the chart. Rome. The Forest Transition therefore tends to follow a development pathway.16 As a country achieves economic growth it moves through each of the four stages. Most traded emissions are embedded in soy and palm oil exports to China and India; and beef, soy and palm oil exports to Europe. But, it would be wrong to think that the only impact rich countries have on global forests is through changes in their domestic forests. Curtis, P. G., Slay, C. M., Harris, N. L., Tyukavina, A., & Hansen, M. C. (2018). Global Environmental Change, 15(1), 23-31. The history of deforestation is a tragic one, in which we not only lost these wild and beautiful landscapes but also the wildlife within them. (2020). In their analysis of global forest loss, Philip Curtis and colleagues used satellite images to assess where and why the world lost forests between 2001 and 2015. Since the end of the last great ice age 10,000 years ago the world has lost one-third of its forests.5 Two billion hectares of forest an area twice the size of the United States has been cleared to grow crops, raise livestock, and use for fuelwood. The 11-month balance shows that 1,539,970 trees were cut down each day, which means 1,059 trees per minute or almost 18 trees per second. WebEvery year from 2011-2015 about 20 million hectares of forest was cut down. Across Africa, fuelwood and charcoal played a much larger role it accounted for more than half (52%). All the software and code that we write is open source and made available via GitHub under the permissive MIT license. If you struggle to increase crop yields but want to produce more food, then expanding your agricultural land is the only option. Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion. In the chart here we see the breakdown of deforestation emissions by product for each consumer country. As we will see later, this is dominated by palm oil exports to Europe, China, India, North America and the Middle East. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8753en. Whether we look at the distribution of endemic mammal species, bird species, or amphibian species, the map is the same: subtropical countries are packed with unique wildlife. If we sum countries imported deforestation by World Bank income group, we find that high-income countries were responsible for 14% of imported deforestation; upper-middle income for 52%; lower-middle income for 23%; and low income for 11%. Since 1961, the amount of land we use for agriculture increased by only 7%. The consumption choices of people in these countries cause deforestation elsewhere in the world. Tropical forests and the changing earth system. As of 2020, the UN estimates the planet is losing over 7,000,000 hectares per year to deforestation.27Between 1990 and 2015, the world lost 129 million hectares of forest an area about the size of South Africa.11 Natural forests lost by continent9include: Africa 3.2 million hectares The researchers found that 36 million trees are cut down in urban areas each year, and 167,000 acres of impervious areas (concrete, asphalt, etc.) Mather, A. S., Fairbairn, J., & Needle, C. L. (1999). Thats 6 billion hectares. 2020. [2] Only 36% of the world's rainforests remain intact. Today, only 4 billion hectares are left. But when forests are cut, burned or otherwise removed they emit carbon instead of absorb carbon. Hosonuma, N., Herold, M., De Sy, V., De Fries, R. S., Brockhaus, M., Verchot, L., & Romijn, E. (2012). We can illustrate this through the so-called Forest Transition Model.14 This is shown in the chart. But then the trend turned, and it moved from deforestation to reforestation. Lets now focus on the consumers of products driving deforestation. The paths between these end boxes indicate where emissions are being traded the wider the bar, the more emissions are embedded in these products. Deforestation in Africa is mainly driven by local populations and markets; only 9% of its emissions are exported. As of 2020, the UN estimates the planet is losing over 7,000,000 hectares per year to deforestation.27Between 1990 and 2015, the world lost 129 million hectares of forest an area about the size of South Africa.11 Natural forests lost by continent9include: Africa 3.2 million hectares It also estimates that 46% of the worlds trees have been cleared over the past 12,000 years. Deforestation tends to occur on forests that have been around for centuries, if not millennia. How many trees does IKEA cut down a The Earth System (Vol. are added every year. People cut down 15 billion trees each year and the global tree count has fallen by 46% since the beginning of human civilization. The world has lost one-third of its forests, but an end of deforestation is possible. Countries which lie above the grey line such as the United States, Finland, China restore more forest each year domestically than they import from elsewhere. What activities are driving this? This demand for resources and land is not always driven by domestic markets. Deforestation is the complete removal of trees for the conversion of forest to another land use such as agriculture, mining, or towns and cities. estimate a 35% loss of global forest cover since 10,000. We see massive differences in how important each driver is across the world. Urbanization, the other driver of deforestation accounts for just 0.6%. Still, more than half of the worlds habitable land was forested. 1000 years ago, 20% of Scotlands land was covered by forest. It was a net exporter. Approximately 3.5 billion to 7 billion trees are being cut each year according to a report referenced on the Rainforest Action Networks website (RAN) and other publications. Improvements in agricultural productivity tends to both drive and follow economic growth. In the map we see the net deforestation embedded in trade for each country. We manage to capture some of these differences in carbon in our related article on deforestation emissions embedded in trade. Cuaresma, J. C., Danylo, O., Fritz, S., McCallum, I., Obersteiner, M., See, L., & Walsh, B. How much forest has the world lost? Rome. Sometimes these restoration programmes pale in comparison to the deforestation theyre driving elsewhere. But there are real reasons to believe that this century doesnt have to replicate the destruction of the last one. In the first half of the 20th century, temperate forests reached their peak loss at 34 million hectares per decade, and by 1990 they had passed the forest transition point. In the figure we see visual examples from the study of forest loss classification by Philip Curtis et al. This was first coined by Alexander Mather in the 1990s.Mather, A. S. (1990). Scheffers, B. R., Joppa, L. N., Pimm, S. L., & Laurance, W. F. (2012). Given the current estimate of the total tree cover on the planet, that could equate to about 0.11% of trees being cut each year. Web3.5 billion to 7 billion trees are cut down per year. It will be possible for our generation to achieve the same on the global scale and bring the 10,000 year history of forest loss to an end. Thats one football field of forest lost every single second around the clock. How Many Acres of Trees Are Cut Down Each Year? How many trees are cut down each year? Growing all those trees requires about 19.7 square miles of land. If we look at where countries are in their transition today we can understand where we expect to lose and gain forest in the coming decades. Brazils emissions are high because Brazilians eat a lot of beef. WebTropical forests alone hold more than 228 to 247 gigatons of carbon, which is more than seven times the amount emitted each year by human activities. International trade was responsible for around one-third (29%) of these emissions. How much do people in rich countries contribute to deforestation overseas? Because people are starting to see how climate change affects trees. This rapid swapping of green for gray is harmful to the people living in these spaces, and it sets cities up for long-term environmental decline, according to the scientists. Tropical forests, on aggregate, have also passed peak deforestation in the 1980s the longest of all bars but have not passed the transition to reforestation. More than 7 million hectares of forest, or 3.5 billion to 7 billion trees, are cut down every year because of deforestation. And its not just in forests eitherits also happening on farms, in cities, and on private property. Countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo are in the early transition phase and are losing forests quickly. It provides long-term estimates on forest cover in 10,000 and 5,000 years BP. Countries with a positive change (shown in green) are regrowing forest faster than theyre losing it. See which countries are gaining forest though natural forest expansion and afforestation. The changes to the forest are often temporary and its expected that they will regrow. At the end of this stage, countries are approaching the transition point. (2018), published in Science.20, Commodity-driven deforestation and urbanization are deforestation: the forested land is completely cleared and converted into another land use a farm, mining site, or city. The fact that the per capita emissions after trade are very high means that a lot of their food products are consumed by people in Brazil and Indonesia. That these countries have recently regained forests is also visible in the long-term forest trends above. The remaining 73% came from the three drivers of forest degradation: logging of forestry products from plantations (26%); shifting, local agriculture (24%); and wildfires (23%). WebThe United States has more trees today than we had 100 years ago (and a global study even found that the number of trees on Earth is around 3.04 trillion, a much higher number than previously believed.) 38. This rapid swapping of green for gray is harmful to the people living in these spaces, and it sets cities up for long-term environmental decline, according to the scientists. 14% of deforestation is driven by consumers in the worlds richest countries we import beef, vegetable oils, cocoa, coffee and paper that has been produced on deforested land.12. This number comes from the World Bank, which estimates that there are 3 trillion trees on the planet. If we add 0.3 tonnes to this figure, deforestation would account for around one-sixth [0.3 / (1.5+0.3) * 100 = 17%].Notarnicola, B., Tassielli, G., Renzulli, P. A., Castellani, V., & Sala, S. (2017). Second, it makes clear how much deforestation accelerated over the last century. Stage 1 The Pre-Transition phase is defined by having high levels of forest cover and no or only very slow losses over time. The carbon footprint of diets across the EU vary from country-to-country, and estimates vary depending on how much land use change is factored into these figures. If we sum countries imported deforestation by World Bank income group, we find that high-income countries were responsible for 40% of imported deforestation; upper-middle income for 25%; lower-middle income for 20%; and low income for 5%. Are they causing more deforestation elsewhere than they are regenerating in forests at home? This number comes from the World Bank, which estimates that there are 3 trillion trees on the planet. (2012) gathered this data from a range of sources including country submissions as part of their REDD+ readiness activities, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) country profiles, UNFCCC national communications and scientific studies. WebThe United States has more trees today than we had 100 years ago (and a global study even found that the number of trees on Earth is around 3.04 trillion, a much higher number than previously believed.) In the chart we see the decadal losses and gains in global forest cover. Explore more of our work on Forests and Deforestation, Anthropogenic Biomes: 10,000 BCE to 2015 CE, The course and drivers of the forest transition: the case of France, The relationships of population and forest trends, An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries, Increasing human dominance of tropical forests, Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion, Forest transition theory and the reforesting of Scotland, Is there a forest transition? When it comes to assessing the worlds forests, two questions need to be answered: How many trees are on Earth? and. Healthy environment: One hundred mature trees catch about 139,000 gallons of rainwater per year. The research says 15.3 billion trees are chopped down every year. Forest degradation measures a thinning of the canopy a reduction in the density of trees in the area but without a change in land use. If we fast-forward to 1700 when the global population had increased more than ten-fold, to 603 million. According to the Environmental Paper Network, an estimated 30% of felled trees are used for paper products. FAO. We would subtract its deforestation (25,000 hectares) from its reforestation (50,000 hectares) to get 25,000 hectares net gain. By Georgina Rannard. Then things started to speed up. The diet of the average Brazilian creates 2.7 tonnes of CO2 from deforestation alone. According to the Environmental Paper Network, an estimated 30% of felled trees are used for paper products. In just over 100 years the world lost as much forest as it had in the previous 9,000 years. Its State of the Worlds Forests report provides estimates of global forest cover today, and rates of change over previous decades. And its not just in forests eitherits also happening on farms, in cities, and on private property. But forest cover increases through reforestation. After long periods of forest clearance in the past, most of todays richest countries are increasing tree cover through afforestation. An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries. Given the current estimate of the total tree cover on the planet, that could equate to about 0.11% of trees being cut each year. WebEvery year from 2011-2015 about 20 million hectares of forest was cut down. Brazil and Indonesia alone account for almost half. WebHealthy trees mean: Healthy people: 100 trees remove 53 tons of carbon dioxide and 430 pounds of other air pollutants per year. Forests are mainly cut and burned to make space for local, subsistence agriculture or for fuelwood for energy. At their Global Forest Watch platform they were already presenting maps of forest loss across the world. This topic page can be cited as: All visualizations, data, and code produced by Our World in Data are completely open access under the Creative Commons BY license. As we explore in more detail in our related article, countries tend to follow a predictable development in forest cover, a U-shaped curve.9 They lose forests as populations grow and demand for agricultural land and fuel increases, but eventually they reach the so-called forest transition point where they begin to regrow more forests than they lose. We need to pass the transition point as soon as possible, while minimising the amount of forest we lose along the way. Stage 3 The Late Transition phase is when deforestation rates start to slow down again. This follows the classic forest transition model with development, which we look at in more detail in a related article. Lewis, S. L., Edwards, D. P., & Galbraith, D. (2015). Since 2016, an average of 28 million hectares have been cut down every year. But there is good reason to make this our primary concern. This is measured in hectares, which is equivalent to 10,000 m. How many trees are cut down each year?. There is some bad news, though: that number is likely to increase by 20% by 2023. But it can bridge between deforestation and degradation depending on the timeframe and permanence of these agricultural practices. This might put the responsibility for ending deforestation solely on tropical countries. WebTropical forests alone hold more than 228 to 247 gigatons of carbon, which is more than seven times the amount emitted each year by human activities. Tree density in primary forests varies from 50,000-100,000 trees per square km, so the math would put this number at 3.5 billion to 7 billion trees cut down each year. In a previous post we looked at this change in global forests over the long-run. All other material, including data produced by third parties and made available by Our World in Data, is subject to the license terms from the original third-party authors. If we sum countries imported deforestation by World Bank income group, we find that high-income countries were responsible for 40% of imported deforestation; upper-middle income for 25%; lower-middle income for 20%; and low income for 5%.We then get high-income countries share of deforestation as: [40% of the 29% that is traded], which is equal to 12%. For this reason, data sources including the UN Food and Agriculture Organization tend to aggregate annual losses as the average over five-year or decadal periods. As we covered in a previous article, 60% of tropical deforestation is driven by beef, soybean and palm oil production. They should keep their domestic reforestation targets in perspective with their net impact on global forests. But, supply chains are international. Growing all those trees requires about 19.7 square miles of land. WebThe UN FAO estimate that 10 million hectares of forest were cut down each year. In Latin America and Asia the dominant driver of degradation was logging for products such as timber, paper and pulp this accounted for more than 70%. The taller the bar, the larger the change in forest area. As of 2020, the UN estimates the planet is losing over 7,000,000 hectares per year to deforestation.27Between 1990 and 2015, the world lost 129 million hectares of forest an area about the size of South Africa.11 Natural forests lost by continent9include: Africa 3.2 million hectares Humans have been cutting down trees for millennia. 27% of forest loss results from commodity-driven deforestation cutting down forests to grow crops such as soy, palm oil, cocoa, to raise livestock on pasture, and mining operations. In the chart we see how the cover of the earths surface has changed over the past 10,000 years. Agricultural and urban land: The UN FAO Statistical database provides data on global agricultural and urban land from 1961 onwards. Most deforestation occurs for the production of goods that are consumed within domestic markets. Deforestation was therefore responsible for [2.6 / 40.2 * 100 = 6.5%]. It breaks the change in forests into four stages, explained by two variables: the amount of forest cover a region has, and the annual change in cover (how quickly it is losing or gaining forest).15. The turn of the 20th century is when global forest loss reached the halfway point: half of total forest loss occurred from 8,000BC to 1900; the other half occurred in the last century alone. Because people are starting to see how climate change affects trees. Net importers of deforestation (shown in brown) are countries that contribute more to deforestation in other countries than they do in their home country. After seeing this data, people might argue that we should cut back on trade. Africa is also an outlier as a result of how many people still rely on wood as their primary energy source. Estimates vary, but most date the end of the last great ice age to around 11,700 years ago.Kump, L. R., Kasting, J. F., & Crane, R. G. (2004). The total cut down so far is over 470 million trees since January 1st. It feeds into the popular idea that eating local is one of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint. 432). The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year, according to government satellite data. How many trees have been cut down? Our World in Data is free and accessible for everyone. A note on UN FAO forestry data Data on net forest change, afforestation and deforestation is sourced from the UN Food and Agriculture Organizations Forest Resources Assessment. (2017) estimate that the average EU diet, excluding deforestation, is responsible for 0.5 tonnes CO2 per person. Each year, an estimated 15 billion trees are cut down around the world. This explains historical trends we see for countries across the world today. This gives us an indication of the impact of the average persons diet. This is very close to our estimate of a one-third loss. How Many Acres of Trees Are Cut Down Each Year? Lets put some numbers to them. Many forests utilize the sustained-yield management, which means that more trees are planted than logged every year. The 11-month balance shows that 1,539,970 trees were cut down each day, which means 1,059 trees per minute or almost 18 trees per second. Forestry production and wildfires usually result in forest degradation the forest experiences short-term disturbance but if left alone is likely to regrow. How many trees does IKEA cut down a Because people are starting to see how climate change affects trees. Most of todays richest countries all of Europe, North America, Japan, South Korea have passed the turning point and are now regaining forest. 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