Facts

Fact 1: 60 percent of new viruses come from animals and this jump from wildlife to humans is mainly caused by deforestation.

Fact 2: The deforestation rate rose by 21 percent in 2020, a loss the size of Israel.

Fact 3: From 1979 to 2005, more than 200,000 sq miles of rain forests in Brazil were destroyed: an area nearly the size of Texas.

Fact 4: Beef production is responsible for 41% of all types of deforestation on earth.

Fact 5: Chocolate and biscuits are a major cause of deforestation.

Fact 6: Brazil and Indonesia are the cause of nearly half of tropical deforestation.

Fact 7: The Amazon Rain forest has been turned into a carbon hazard. 

Fact 8: No company has reached its Net Zero Deforestation Commitment.

Fact 9: 3.75 million hectares of tropical rain forests were destroyed in 2021 alone.

Fact 10: In 1990, Earth lost more than 4.2 Square kilometres of forest.