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Annual deforestation, 2015

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Data source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Forest Resources Assessment. – Learn more about this data

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Note: The UN FAO publish forest data as the annual average on 10- or 5-year timescales. The following year allocation applies: "1990" is the annual average from 1990 to 2000; "2000" for 2000to 2010; "2010" for 2010 to 2015; and "2015" for 2015 to 2020.

Annual deforestation

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