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> We're not planting more than we're destroying That is not entirely certain. According to the Global Forest Watch [1]: > In 2010, the world had 3.92 Gha o
by credit_guy 2y ago
> We're not planting more than we're destroying
That is not entirely certain. According to the Global Forest Watch [1]:
> In 2010, the world had 3.92 Gha of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area. In 2023, it lost 28.3 Mha of tree cover.
A loss of 0.7% in 13 years. That might sound bad, but my feeling is that this is well below the level of measurement accuracy.
[1] https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/global/?category=land-cover&location=WyJnbG9iYWwiXQ%3D%3D https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/global/?categor...
- blargey 2y agoThe 28.3 Mha loss you quoted is for the single year of 2023, not over 13 years. The sum of yearly losses for (2010, 2023] is 315.2 Mha according to that website. So about 8.0%, not 0.7%.
- Ancalagon 2y agoOof significantly worse
- credit_guy 2y agoFair enough, it was for one year, my bad. Here's for 20 years (at the bottom of the page): > From 2000 to 2020, the world experienced a net change of -101 Mha (-2.4%) in tree cover.