The tropics lost 4.2m hectares (10.4m acres) of humid primary forests in 2020, an area the size of the Netherlands

8m hectares

Humid primary

forest loss

Three-year-average

6

4

2

0

2002

04

06

08

10

12

14

16

18

2020

8m hectares

Humid primary forest loss

Three-year-average

6

4

2

0

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

Guardian graphic. Source: Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute