Cambodia deforestation statistics worldwide

Conserving the world’s forests can generate multiple climate benefits by preventing the release of their large carbon stores into the atmosphere, safeguarding their ability to continue sequestering carbon, and, for tropical forests, maintaining the biophysical mechanisms that help to cool the planet.

To help secure these benefits, the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration has established the collective goal of halting forest loss—which includes reaching zero gross deforestation—by 2030.
The world permanently lost at least 5.8 million hectares (Mha) of forests in 2022, with some estimating that the loss was even higher at 6.6 Mha.

Global deforestation increased slightly compared to 2021. Should current trends continue, the world will fail to halt permanent forest loss by 2030. The annual rate of gross deforestation instead must fall by nearly 1 Mha each year throughout the rest of this decade to deliver on the GLD’s goal.

Deforestation and the trajectory to the 2030 goal (