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. 2021 Mar 5;7(10):eabe1603. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1603

Table 10. Total areas and proportions of TMF disturbances (deforestation without regrowth, regrowth after deforestation, and forest degradation) and reforestation areas (initially other land cover) over the period 1990–2020 for each subregion and continent (areas in million hectares and proportions in percentages).

LC, land cover.

Disturbed areas (Mha) % of total disturbances % of undisturbed forest in 1990
Subregion Deforestation Regrowth Degradation Total Deforestation Regrowth Degradation Deforestation Regrowth Degradation Total Reforestation
(from other LC)
West Africa 11.8 0.7 6.5 19.0 61.9 3.7 34.5 34.0 2.0 18.9 55.0 0.4
Central Africa 21.2 2.1 15.1 38.4 55.2 5.4 39.4 9.5 0.9 6.8 17.2 1.1
Southeast Africa 6.7 0.5 2.1 9.3 71.9 5.7 22.4 42.5 3.4 13.3 59.2 0.2
Central America 10.6 1.8 5.9 18.3 58.0 9.7 32.3 30.7 5.1 17.1 53.0 0.7
South America 78.1 10.9 33.4 122.4 63.8 8.9 27.3 11.6 1.6 5.0 18.2 4.0
Continental
Southeast
Asia
22.0 4.9 12.2 39.1 56.2 12.4 31.4 30.0 6.6 16.7 53.3 2.0
Insular Southeast
Asia
38.9 8.7 31.1 78.8 49.4 11.1 39.5 16.4 3.7 13.1 33.1 1.6
Continent Deforestation Regrowth Degradation Total Deforestation Regrowth Degradation Deforestation Regrowth Degradation Total Reforestation
(from other LC)
Africa 39.6 3.3 23.8 66.7 59.4 4.9 35.6 14.5 1.2 8.7 24.4 1.6
Latin America 88.7 12.6 39.3 140.7 63.1 9.0 27.9 12.6 1.8 5.6 19.9 4.7
Asia-Oceania 60.9 13.6 43.4 117.8 51.7 11.5 36.8 19.6 4.4 13.9 37.9 3.6
Total 189.2 29.5 106.5 325.2 58.2 9.1 32.7 14.9 2.3 8.4 25.7 10.0