Abel to Speak
About the Health of Our Mother Earth
Our Forests
"Every year forest covering an area the size of Italy, or three and a half times the size of Scotland, is destroyed by human activity. The rate of loss has doubled since 2003, and deforestation of tropical rainforest has doubled since 2008, despite all conservation efforts."
Deforestation
Nearly 10% of the worlds Intact Forest Landscape (IFL) has been lost since the year 2000. Two thirds of this is caused by timber harvesting and agricultural expansion. If forest loss continues at the same rate, all of the world's forestry will have been destroyed within this century.
This image is produced by the World Research Institute Global Forest Watch
Reference materials
The rate and scale of deforestation
Most natural forest by volume has been lost in Canada, Russia and Brazil, with the rate of loss increasing. Forestry loss in Russia doubled between the periods 2000-2013 and 2013-2016.
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Click the button below to read a report by Global Forest Watch on the degradation of Intact Forest Landscapes.
The impact of the palm oil industry
Tropical rainforest is being destroyed at the rate of 300 football pitches per hour. Each hectare of peatland conversion releases 6,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, causing 18% of global carbon emissions.
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Click the button below to find out why 98% of Indonesia's rainforest may be destroyed by 2022.
