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What percentage of Earth's land is covered by forest?
Answer
31%
Forests cover approximately 31% of Earth's total land area, an area spanning roughly 4 billion hectares across the globe. However, this coverage is steadily decreasing due to deforestation, with the world losing forest area equivalent to 27 football fields every single minute. This loss of forest habitat threatens countless species and reduces Earth's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide and combat climate change.
💡 Did you know?
Earth loses forest equal to 27 football fields every minute to deforestation.
Other options people guess
- 15%
- 25%
- 45%
Topics
- forest
- land use
- environment
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