Forests only have 31% of global continental areas

The world has lost more than 13 million hectares of forest, mainly due to the conversion of forest area to other uses, the forest currently only accounts for 31% of the world's continents with a total area of ​​less than 4 billion hectares.

These are the latest data on forests in the world researched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on global forest status.

At least 1.6 billion people around the world are dependent on forests and dd
Some of them are too poor, of which 60 million are mostly indigenous people living in the forest. Therefore, protecting the biodiversity of the forest needs to be protected including humans.

Forest fire is one of the reasons for the narrowing of forest area. ( Source: Internet )

On January 25, at the United Nations Forum on Forests taking place in New York City, the United States, 192 member countries of the United Nations, agreed to assert the role of people in the war of protection, conservation and Sustainable forest development of the world.

The forum discusses global strategies as well as forest-related policies and programs as well as forest-dependent communities, cultural and social aspects of forests to improve lives, reduce poverty. for people living in forest areas and dependent on forests.

The United Nations declared, 2011 is the International Year of Forests to raise awareness about the need for management, conservation and sustainable forest development, as well as on the priceless value of forests for human life and climate for countries and communities to spend more resources to protect and restore natural resources this quarter.

The International Union for Nature Protection (IUCN) emphasizes that forests contribute to stabilizing the global climate and therefore, forests need to be at the center of every effort to combat climate change, promote economic growth. sacrifice.

Worldwide exploitation value from forests is estimated at over 130 billion USD with more than 60 million workers in forest-related industries.

The study of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) notes that the UN 's current efforts to protect forests need to be extended from the focus of timber use to the focus of war on change. climate.

Deforestation comes from economic pressures that emit about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.