Share of land covered by forest
Forest area is land with natural or planted stands of trees at least five meters in height, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural productionsystems.
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- Above-ground forest biomas
- Annual CO₂ emissions from deforestation by product
- Annual CO₂ emissions from deforestation for food production
- Annual afforestation
- Annual change in forest areain %
- Annual change in forest areain hectares
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
- Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
- Annual deforestation
- Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
- Annual deforestation by region (2010–2014)
- Annual forest expansion
- Annual tropical deforestation by agricultural product
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods
- Drivers of deforestation in Indonesia
- Drivers of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon
- Exported deforestation
- Forest area
- Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted
- Forest certified for sustainable use
- Forest transition phase
- Global forestry area
- Imported deforestation
- Number of trees
- Number of trees per capita
- Number of trees per km²
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from deforestation for food production
- Share of CO₂ emissions from tropical deforestation and peatlands
- Share of annual global forest expansion
- Share of forest area within protected areas
- Share of forest with a long-term management plan
- Share of global annual deforestation
- Share of global forest area
- Share of total energy used in agriculture and forestry
- Share of tropical deforestation
- Share of tropical deforestation from agricultural products
- Who is contributing to deforestation abroad?