Where Does Deforestation Occur ~ The Deforestation Blog

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This post is about where Deforestation occurs:

Deforest rank	Country name	Forest area cut in hectares
1	Brazil	3466000
2	Indonesia	1447800
3	Russian federation	532200
4	Mexico	395000
5	Papua new Guinea	250200
6	Peru	224600
7	United States of America	215200
8	Bolivia	135200
9	Sudan	117807
10	Nigeria	82000

The world’s highest rates of deforestation, a significant cause of global warming, are happening in the key emerging economies of Nigeria, Indonesia, and Brazil, according to new research evaluating the state of the world’s forests.
The Deforestation Index, released by risk analysis and mapping company Maplecroft, states that economic growth, poverty, corruption and the rise of biofuels are among the major causes of deforestation in nine countries which have been classified as ‘extreme risk.’ These include Nigeria, Indonesia and Brazil, as well as Bolivia, Cambodia, DR Congo, Nicaragua, North Korea and Papua New Guinea.
An estimated 13 million hectares of forests were lost each year between 2000 and 2010 due to deforestation.* In tropical rainforests particularly, deforestation continues to be an urgent environmental issue that jeopardizes people’s livelihoods, threatens species, and intensifies global warming. Forests make a vital contribution to humanity, but their full potential will only be realized if we halt deforestation and forest degradation.

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