Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
6 of the 9 critical thresholds for Earth's stability have been exceeded, including biodiversity, land use, freshwater, biochemical fluxes, pollution and climate change (Richardson et al., 2023).
16% is the emissions reduction that Honduras is committed to achieve by 2030, with targets in key sectors and the restoration of 1.3 million hectares of forest (World Bank, 2023).
210 billion dollars is the theoretical annual value that the Brazilian Amazon contributes to the planet as a carbon sink, hosting more than half of the remaining tropical forests (World Bank, 2024).
317 billion dollars is the annual economic value that Brazil's Amazon rainforest regions bring to local communities (World Bank, 2024).
4.3 to 20.2 trillion dollars in annual economic losses are attributed to ecosystem degradation, impacting 3.2 billion people (FAO, 2024).
75% of the global land surface has been degraded or transformed, especially affecting forests, grasslands and wetlands, and is expected to exceed 90% in the next 30 years (FAO, 2024).
4 billion m³ of roundwood are harvested annually, half for fuel and half as industrial raw material (FAO, 2024).
25 million hectares of forest in the United States could lose more than 20% of the basal area of host trees to insects and diseases by 2027 (FAO, 2024).
383 million hectares burned in 2023 according to MODIS data, including more than 26 million hectares of forests (FAO, 2024).
284,000 hectares of mangroves were lost globally between 2000 and 2020, representing a global reduction of approximately 1.9% (FAO, 2024).
