Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
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).
70% of poor people depend on wild species for their livelihoods (FAO, 2024).
82% of wood fuel is used in Africa, Asia and South America; the rest in other regions (FAO, 2024).
29% of the world's population, 2.3 billion people, relied on wood biomass for cooking and heating in 2021 (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).
44% of the world's total mangroves are found in South and Southeast Asia (FAO, 2024).
