10 Shocking Facts About Deforestation - One Tree Planted

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1. 10 Facts About
Deforestation
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2. of the world's forests are already destroyed80%

3. Tropical forest destruction accounts for
about 20 percent of current greenhouse
gas emissions
20% OF CURRENT
GREENHOUSE
GAS

4. If forests are destroyed through
logging or burning, their carbon is
released into the atmosphere as
carbon dioxide, a climate-changing
greenhouse gas.
CLIMATE CHANGING

5. More than half of the world’s timber and
72% of paper is consumed by 22% of the
world’s population (the United States,
Europe, and Japan). Worldwide,
industrialized countries consume over 12
times more wood products per person
than non-industrialized countries.

6. Tons of carbon are
stored in the Earth's
forests, which helps
regulate its climate by
regulating atmospheric
gases, stabilizing
rainfall, and protecting
against desertification
BILLION300

7. are expected to become extinct by the next 25 years due to deforestation
28,000 Species

8. trees get chopped down and
are processed into pulp for
making paper products such
as tissue paper, toothpaste,
magazines and more...4/10

9. square miles of forest are lost every
year. That's equivalent to 36
football fields every minute
46-58
thousand
More than

10. IS THE TIME WORLD’S
RAINFORESTS COULD
TAKE TO COMPLETELY
VANISH AT THE
CURRENT RATE OF
DEFORESTATION.
100
YEARS

11. HELP ABSORB GREENHOUSE GASSES
AND CARBON EMISSIONS THAT ARE
CAUSED BY HUMAN CIVILIZATION AND
CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
TREES ACTUALLY BECOME CARBON
SOURCES WHEN THEY ARE CUT,
BURNED, OR OTHERWISE REMOVED.
HEALTHY
FORESTS

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