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Scale of deforestation

Published on Jul 05, 2016

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Scale of deforestation

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TRF

Most endangered ecosystem on Earth?
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Facts

  • Every 2 secs an area the size of a football fieldis lost.
  • That's over 1500 hectares an hour
  • Area size of NY city lost per day
  • Area larger than Poland lost each year.
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  • TRF once covered over 15.5mn km2 .
  • Now it is just 6.2mn Km2
  • An area the size of China has been lost
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Fastest rates of deforestation are in Brazil & Indonesia (40% of the world's deforestation)

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Deforestation in Brazil is decreasing, but in Indonesia it is increasing.

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