Deforestation and degradation
Despite their immense value, nearly half of the world’s forests have been lost. What’s worse, we’re cutting them down at greater rates each year to plant crops, graze cattle and generate income from timber and other forest products — resulting in a net annual loss of 10 billion trees, or an area the size of Panama. At the current rate of deforestation, the world’s rainforests in particular could completely vanish in a hundred years.