FORESTRY
FOREST POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
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Detailed explanation-1: -Since then, deforestation rates have steadily declined, to 78 million hectares in the 1990s; 52 million in the early 2000s; and 47 million in the last decade.
Detailed explanation-2: -The annual rate of deforestation was estimated at 10 million hectares between 2015-2020, compared with 12 million during 2010-2015. The area of forest under protection has also reached roughly 726 million hectares: nearly 200 million more than in 1990. Still, there is cause for great concern, according to FAO.
Detailed explanation-3: -Loss rates Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest continued to accelerate in the early 2000s, reaching an annual rate of 27, 423 km2 of forest loss in the year 2004. The annual rate of forest loss generally slowed between 2004 and 2012, though rates of deforestation jumped again in 2008, 2013 and 2015.