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Deforestation: Countries
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Tropical deforestation increased rapidly after 1950, helped by the availability of heavy machinery. Since then, rising human populations have ... cleared forests the hard way—by hand. Annual rates of deforestation in 52 tropical countries nearly doubled from 1981 to 1990.
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Delegates of the 46 developing countries present at the Rome workshop signalled their readiness to act on deforestation, 80 percent of which is due to increased farmland to feed growing populations. Part of the solution is to increase agricultural productivity so that there is less demand to convert forests into farmland.
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Despite the fact that deforestation is the second leading contributor of carbon emissions worldwide after the burning of fossil fuels, countries currently have few incentives for preserving their forests. However, deforestation is finallygaining attention in international discussions on climate change.
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Tropical deforestation rates from 2000-2005, ranked in decending order by the highest amount of average annual forest loss for 25 countries based on data from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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