An acre of forest is cut every second world wide.
Every continent is being deforested except for Antarctica.
In Europe the forest were cut back so long ago that scientists that look at paintings to see what kind of trees grew there. Only 1/5 of the world's frontier forests remain intact.
As a result of deforestation and poor forest management, about ten percent of the world's 80-100,000 tree species are in danger of extinction.
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