In 2020, the world had 3.68 Gha of natural forest, extending over 28% of its land area. In {year}, it lost 23.9 Mha of natural forest, equivalent to 9.92 Gt of CO₂ emissions.

<p>What were the trends in forest loss in 2024? And what do these trends tell us about what is needed at the 2025 UN climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil &#8211; a city within one of the world&#8217;s most important forest ecosystems &#8211; this November? Join us on May 28 for our annual event on the latest tree cover loss data from the University of Maryland’s GLAD Lab. <a href="https://gfw.global/4jQ72nO">Register here</a>.</p>


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<p>We recently updated the political boundaries available on GFW to the most recent version from <a href="https://gadm.org/index.html,">GADM</a>, an open-source political boundary data set, to ensure the map, statistics and analyses on GFW use the latest and most accurate information. With this update, you may observe some changes to the boundaries for countries, regions and subregions. We walk through each of the changes in our <a href="https://www.globalforestwatch.org/blog/data-and-tools/updated-political-boundaries-gadm/?utm_medium=notification&#038;utm_source=gfwnoticeboard&#038;utm_campaign=gadmupdate">newest blog</a>.</p>
