Approximately 78.1m hectares of mountain forest was lost between 2001 and 2018

Total mountain forest loss 2001-18, thousands of hectares

0

10

20

30

40

50 and over

3.4m

Europe

39.8m hectares

Asia incurred the greatest loss of mountain forest, accounting for more than half of the global total

6.4m

Africa

18.7m

North

America

8.3m

South America

0

10

20

30

40

50 and over

18.7m

North

America

3.4m

Europe

8.3m

South America

6.4m

Africa

39.8m hectares

Asia incurred the greatest loss of mountain forest, accounting for more than half of the global total