The world has lost 420 million hectares (mha), approximately 10.34 per cent of its total forest area in the last 30 years, according to the 2022 edition of The State of the World's Forests (SOFO) released May 2, 2022.
The report, released on day one of the World Forestry Congress, also presented three pathways for achieving green recovery and tackling environmental crises.
The 420 mha of forests have been lost between 1990 and 2020, due to deforestation, though forests cover 4.06 billion ha (31 per cent) of the earth's geographical area, the report said.
[May 2022 News (exam date- 28 May 2022)]
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