Forests in the world

An interesting post by the World Economic Forum.

Some conclusions:

The world has lost an area the size of Libya in woodland since 1990, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 

Deforestation causes almost as much greenhouse gas emissions as global road travel. The new data shows that net losses of forest have slowed since the 1990s. Reforestation could reduce carbon emissions by a quarter, according to research. 

Forests store as much as 45% of all carbon on land.