Table 11. Comparison of estimates of annual deforested areas (in million hectares per year) from previous studies and our study, over the tropical belt, over the three continents and Brazil.
| Source | GFC (24) |
Sample- based (32) |
FAO national statistics (31) |
PRODES- INPE (30) |
This study | ||||
| Forest extent |
Whole TMF (undisturbed and degraded) |
Primary forest from INPE |
Natural forest* |
All tropical forests (evergreen and deciduous) |
Primary forest |
Whole TMF |
TMF excluding the tree plantations |
Primary forest from INPE |
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Pantropical region |
2001–2010 | 4.67 | 7.24 | 7.72 | |||||
| 2001–2012 | 4.80 | 6.5 ± 0.7 | 7.19 | 6.44 | |||||
| 2001–2015 | 5.07 | 6.66 | 6.95 | ||||||
| 2001–2019 | 5.79 | 6.66 | |||||||
| Africa | 2001–2012 | 0.73 | 1.21 ± 0.4 | 1.60 | 1.57 | ||||
| 2001–2019 | 1.28 | 1.64 | |||||||
| Latin America | 2001–2012 | 2.19 | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 3.25 | 3.19 | ||||
| 2001–2019 | 2.41 | 2.93 | |||||||
| Asia-Oceania | 2001–2012 | 1.89 | 1.6 ± 0.4 | 2.34 | 1.67 | ||||
| 2001–2019 | 2.10 | 2.09 | |||||||
| Brazil | 2001–2010 | 1.61 | 1.35 | 1.65 | 2.55 | 1.57 | |||
| 2001–2012 | 1.54 | 1.26 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 1.47 | 2.32 | 2.27 | 1.42 | ||
| 2010–2019 | 1.64 | 1.34 | 0.67 | 1.63 | 1.04 | ||||
| 2001–2019 | 1.64 | 1.35 | 1.19 | 2.10 | 1.31 | ||||
*Evergreen and deciduous, excluding manage forests (e.g., tree plantations).