2026-05-05 · percent of primary forest loss

Tropical tree cover loss leads every year

Brazil and Indonesia headline deforestation — fires and farms eat primary forest.

Brazil and Indonesia headline deforestation — fires and farms eat primary forest. This grid divides tropical primary loss (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Tropical countries and Temperate + boreal — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.

1 cell = 0.1 percent of primary forest loss (0.1% of tropical primary loss) · 1,000 cells