Key Insights at a Glance
A small number of countries dominate both the remaining area and the loss of the world’s humid tropical primary forests. Brazil alone holds roughly one third of all remaining humid tropical primary forest, yet it also accounts for more than a quarter of total tree cover loss since 2002. Together, the top five countries Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Peru, and Colombia contain about 65 percent of the world’s humid tropical primary forest and contribute around 60 percent of total loss.
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