This totem pole illustrates the fact that a forest area comparable to the size of Poland disappears every year.
THE SURFACE
AREA OF FOREST
WE LOSE
EACH YEAR
SURFACE AREA
OF POLAND
Deforestation is mainly caused by agriculture, clearing of natural forests and the mining industry. In 2016 the deforestation reached its peak with 29.7 m hectares of forests cleared. Unusually tragic fires in Brazil and Indonesia also had an impact on the exceptionally high loss of forest area.
Sources:
Deforestation
Global Forrest Watch
(University of Maryland)
Global tree cover loss rose 51% in 2016
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