Deforestation

• Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bolivia and Indonesia are experiencing the highest levels of deforestation in the world
• Rates of deforestation steadily increased from 2001 to 2016
• Since 2016 there has been a slight decrease in deforestation of tropical forests
• Deforestation


  The felling and clearance of trees
• Calculating mean global forest loss from 2011 to 2017

  1. Read figure 1

  2. Calculate mean

  3. Round to one decimal place
• The mean global forest loss from 2011 to 2017 is 23.4 million hectares
• When giving an answer to one decimal point you will need to round the number up or down. Remember if the second digit after the decimal point is 4 or less you round down. If the second digit is 5 or more you round up.