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Deforestation
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Slide 1 The Vanishing Forest
A photo-led field report · What is being lost, why, and what can still be done — read from the canopy itself. · Today's baseline · billion hectares of forest — about one third of the planet's land area. · Yet every year, the world loses forest the size of a small country. · Aerial view — primary rainforest canopy, golden hour
Slide 2 What Forests Give Us
The Standing Forest · Before counting what is lost, count what is still here — four measures of what the world's forests hold. · Canopy, low mist — field survey · Extent · 4.14 bn ha · of forest stand on Earth today — about 31% of all land · Life · 80%+
Slide 3 The Scale of Loss
Field report · of global deforestation happens in the tropics — the loss is concentrated where the forest is densest. · Where it falls · Brazil and Indonesia alone account for the largest share of tropical forest loss · Largest · Deforestation has slowed in every region of the world over the last decade · Slowing · But loss continues — slower is not stopped
Slide 4 Why Forests Fall
Drivers · Field Report · Cattle pasture is the single largest driver of tropical deforestation — and a short list of commodities follows close behind. · Nº1 · Cattle pasture — the largest driver of tropical forest loss · The commodities that follow · Soy · Palm oil · Timber
Slide 5 The Carbon Price
Field report — Emissions · When forest is cleared for agriculture, the carbon stored in trees and soil leaves with it — released into the atmosphere on a scale few industries can match. · 2.6bn · Tonnes of CO₂ emitted each year · Deforestation for agriculture 6.5% · Share of global greenhouse gas emissions · That is more than the entire global aviation and shipping sectors combined — a price the atmosphere pays for every hectare cleared. · Source: Our World in Data
Slide 6 Amazon on the Edge
Field Report — The Basin · One forest · The Amazon spans nine countries — the largest rainforest on Earth. · 2024 — fire & clearing · Major deforestation and fire hotspots across the basin, concentrated along Brazil's agricultural frontier. · The tipping point · Already cleared. Past 20–25%, parts of the forest could flip into dry savanna. · Source: Amazon Conservation Association; MAAP, 2025
Slide 7 Biodiversity Unraveling
1 ha · of tropical forest · A single hectare can hold more tree species than all of Europe combined. · No.1 · cause of extinction · Habitat loss is the leading cause of species extinction worldwide. · Before · science arrives
Slide 8 The People of the Forest
Field Report — Human Cost · Indigenous-managed lands show consistently lower deforestation than the areas that surround them. Yet forest loss displaces communities and erodes ways of life that have endured for millennia. · Guardians & the displaced · Evidence · Where communities hold the land, the forest stands. Where they are pushed out, the clearing begins. · 1 billion+ · people rely on forests for jobs, products and livelihoods
Slide 9 What Can Be Done
The Response · Protect standing forest · Avoided deforestation is cheaper and faster than any restoration. · Restore what was lost · Reforestation and agroforestry on degraded land. · Demand deforestation-free supply chains · Certification, traceability, import rules. · Support Indigenous land rights
Slide 10 The Decade That Decides
A decade from now, the forests we saved will be the ones still standing. · Deforestation slowed in every region over the last decade — proof that policy and pressure work. · The choice is being made now: in markets, in laws, and in daily consumption.
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