New Data Shows What’s Driving Forest Loss Around the World

This brief article from WRI can help you to better understand the extent of global tree cover loss, as well as where and why this loss is occurring. It explains the current, key drivers of tree cover loss (permanent agriculture, hard commodities, shifting cultivation, logging, wildfires, settlements and infrastructure, and other natural disturbances), as well as the different impacts these drivers are having on forest and land integrity.