Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
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).
4.3 to 20.2 trillion dollars in annual economic losses are attributed to ecosystem degradation, impacting 3.2 billion people (FAO, 2024).
44% of the world's total mangroves are found in South and Southeast Asia (FAO, 2024).
284,000 hectares of mangroves were lost globally between 2000 and 2020, representing a global reduction of approximately 1.9% (FAO, 2024).
23% decrease in the global gross mangrove loss rate between 2000-2010 and 2010-2020 (FAO, 2024).
1,970 million m³ of wood was extracted for fuel in 2022, representing 49.4% of the total harvested (FAO, 2024).
90% of the wood harvested in Africa in 2022 was for fuel, reflecting the high dependence on biomass for energy (FAO, 2024).
383 million hectares burned in 2023 according to MODIS data, including more than 26 million hectares of forests (FAO, 2024).
More than 1 million people of the rural agricultural population live in the Central American Dry Corridor, classified as tropical dry forest (World Bank, 2024).
