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Tropical deforestation has increased since the New York declaration on forests was signed in 2014

Average annual tropical tree cover loss, million hectares

Before NYDF (2001-13)

After NYDF (2014-18)

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1m

2m

3m

4m

5m

Africa

Asia

Latin America and Caribbean

Guardian graphic | Source: World Resources Institute analysis based on 2019 data from Global Forest Watch. Note: Tree cover loss calculated using a >25% tree cover density threshold. Improvements to methodology starting in 2011 may result in higher estimates of loss in 2011-18 compared with 2001-10