Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
23% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation, exceeding emissions from the global transport sector.
Almost 25% of the species in Chile are endemic (MMA, 2019).
15% of Brazil's territory occupies the Atlantic Forest, a critical biome with 35% of the country's plants and the most threatened (Da Silva R. F. F. B. et al., 2019).
585 million hectares will need to be reforested to limit warming to 1.5 °C (WRI, 2019).
3/4 of total greenhouse gas emissions come from the energy sector (Bouckaert, 2021).
65,394 km² of deforestation occurred in Mato Grosso between 2000 and 2011, accounted for 12% of South American deforestation and 3% globally (Garrett et al., 2018).
20 million people in farm households in developing countries are growing and consuming biofortified crops according to HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
6 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela) of the 17 most megadiverse countries in the world are in LAC.
One-third of the world's largest aquifers are being depleted (Richey et al., 2015).
100% of shaded coffee fields provide connectivity within degraded and fragmented forests, facilitating movement and maintenance of key wildlife populations (Bosselmann, 2008).
