Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
12% of Mexico's territory experiences severe or extreme soil degradation (UNCCD, 2024).
35% of grasslands are at risk of degradation, with another 26-27% showing significant risk (UNCCD, 2024).
4.3 to 20.2 trillion dollars in annual economic losses are attributed to ecosystem degradation, impacting 3.2 billion people (FAO, 2024).
50% reduced deforestation in Brazil's Legal Amazon in 2023 compared to 2022 (FAO, 2024).
3.9% of the world's forests are in the EU, which generates 43% of the value of forest exports, while Africa, with 16% of forests, contributes less than 2% (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).
29% of the world's population, 2.3 billion people, relied on wood biomass for cooking and heating in 2021 (FAO, 2024).
82% of wood fuel is used in Africa, Asia and South America; the rest in other regions (FAO, 2024).
70% of poor people depend on wild species for their livelihoods (FAO, 2024).
53% of Colombia's territory is managed by communities and Indigenous Peoples, including indigenous reserves, peasant reserve zones and Afro-Colombian Community Councils (FAO, 2024).
