Down to Earth

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square kilometres, equivalent to the size of Austria, is the area by which Earth's intact forests (areas of at least 500 sq km with no described evidence in satellite images of large-scale human use) has shrunk annually from 2014 to 2016, according to a worldwide analysis

20% faster was the shrinking rate of these forests when compared to the rate during the previous 13 years

10% of undisturbe­d forests have been fragmented, degraded or simply felled since 2000 despite decades-long efforts to halt deforestat­ion

200 sq km was the average daily loss over the first 17 years of this century

500 million people worldwide depend directly on forests for their livelihood

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