As demand for food and other resources continues to grow, forests are often cleared to make new fields and plantations. Between 2001 and 2015, nearly 45.1 million hectares of forest land were converted to pastures for cattle accounting for 36 percent of all tree cover loss associated with agriculture.
Global forest loss between 2001 and 2015, by specific agricultural commodity
(in million hectares)
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**Wood fiber data is only available for Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Rwanda, South Africa, and Vietnam.
The release date is the date the data was accessed.
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GFW, & WRI. (May 31, 2021). Global forest loss between 2001 and 2015, by specific agricultural commodity (in million hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240472/forest-loss-by-specific-agricultural-commodity/
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