森林覆盖面积最大的国家 过去20年,全球森林覆蓋面积减少近亿公顷

过去20年,全球森林覆蓋面积减少近亿公顷  

The world has lost nearly 100 million hectares of forests in o decades
marking a steady decline though at a slower pace than before
a UN agency reported Tuesday.
The proportion of forest to total land area fell from 31.9 percent in 2000 to 31.2 percent in 2020
now some 4.1 billion hectares
according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.
It marks "a loss of almost 100 million hectares of the world's forests
" the FAO said.
联合国粮农组织表示，这标志着“全球森林面积净减少了近1亿公顷”。
Deforestation has hit particularly hard sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia
where it has accelerated in the last decade
but also Latin and Central America
where it has noheless slowed down.
Forests are being cut down mainly to make way for crops or farm animals
especially in less developed countries.
In southeast Asia
forest now covers 47.8 percent of the land pared to 49 percent in 2015. In sub-Saharan Africa
it covers 27.8 percent pared to 28.7 percent five years ago.
In Indonesia
it is 50.9 percent
down from 52.5 percent. In Malaysia
it is 58.2 percent
down from 59.2 percent five years ago.
A country strongly focused on agriculture like the Cote d'Ivoire has seen forests reduced to 8.9 percent of the total land area from 10.7 percent in 2015. Kenya
Mali and Rwanda have largely held firm against forest loss.
In Latin and Central America
forest covers only 46.7 percent of the total land
pared to 47.4 percent five years ago.
In Brazil
forests declined to 59.4 percent of the country's territory in 2020 from 60.3 percent in 2015. In Haiti
deforestation has continued apace -- falling to 12.6 percent of the total land area from 13.2 percent in 2015.
In contrast
in many parts of Asia
Europe and North America forest area has increased or stayed the same in the last five years with policies to restore woodland and allow forests to expand naturally.
In China
forests make up 23.3 percent
up from 22.3 percent in 2015. In Japan
they account for 68.4 percent
the same as it was five years ago.
In France
forests cover 31.5 percent of the land in 2020
up from 30.7 percent in 2015. In Italy
they make up 32.5 percent of the national territory
up from 31.6 five years ago.
In Britain
they make up 13.2 percent
up from 13 percent five years ago.
In Canada
it is unchanged at 38.2 percent
and in the United States
unchanged at 33.9 percent.
In Australia the figure rose from 17.3 to 17.4 percent and in New Zealand from 37.4 percent to 37.6 percent over the five years.