Causes, effects, Control of Deforestation

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5. • Forests cover approximately 31% of the total land surface of the Earth.
• Tropical forests harbour over half of all land-based animal and plant species in the
world.
• Over 420 million hectares of forest have been lost since 1990.
• Approximately 9 million acres of tropical forest was cut down in the year 2018.
• 2,400 trees are cut down each minute.
• The Amazon rainforest, which is the source of 20% of the world’s oxygen supply,
loses approximately 1.32 acres of its area every minute due to deforestation.

6. Rates of forest change, forest extent in India

7. Rates of forest change, forest extent in Odisha

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12. www.fao.org

13. “Reversing deforestation is complicated; planting a tree is simple.”