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Forest cover loss in LAC

30/11/2025 Go to Evidence

7% of forest cover was lost between 1990 and 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean, equivalent to 138 million hectares, highlighting the scale of landscape degradation in the region and the urgency of advancing large-scale restoration and conservation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).

World Resources Institute, 2024

Tag: Forests&Biodiversity Regional_Cooperation Deforestation The_Amazon
Country: Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ivory Coast Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Dominican Republic Uruguay
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Biodiversity Conservation
Instrument: International technical cooperation Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national International financial cooperation Investment funds
Beneficiary: Indigenous communities Rural communities Public institutions Youth Women
Result: Conservation and restoration of ecosystems Impact: Governability Climate mitigation Reducing illegal deforestation Regeneration of degraded areas Impact: Climate risk resilience