- 20 percent of Earth's original forests remain undisturbed
- 13 percent of original forests in the Pacific Northwest remain undisturbed
- 1 to 2 percent of original forests in the U.S. remain undisturbed
- 2.47 acres of rainforest are destroyed each second, an area approximately the size of two U.S. football fields
- 214,000 acres of rainforest are destroyed each day, an area larger than New York City
- 78 million acres of rainforest are destroyed each year, an area larger than Poland
- 5 to 10 percent of closed tropical forest species will go extinct per decade at current rates of tropical forest loss and disturbance
- 27 percent of wood commercially harvested worldwide is consumed by Americans
Sources:
1 -- Natural Resources Defense Council
2, 3 -- World Resources Institute
4-6 -- Natural Resources Defense Council
7 -- World Resources Institute
8 -- Natural Resources Defense Council
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