In 2020, the world had 3.68 Gha of natural forest, extending over 28% of its land area. In {year}, it lost 23.9 Mha of natural forest, equivalent to 9.92 Gt of CO₂ emissions.

<p>We recently updated the political boundaries available on GFW to the most recent version from <a href="https://gadm.org/index.html,">GADM</a>, an open-source political boundary data set, to ensure the map, statistics and analyses on GFW use the latest and most accurate information. With this update, you may observe some changes to the boundaries for countries, regions and subregions. We walk through each of the changes in our <a href="https://www.globalforestwatch.org/blog/data-and-tools/updated-political-boundaries-gadm/?utm_medium=notification&#038;utm_source=gfwnoticeboard&#038;utm_campaign=gadmupdate">newest blog</a>.</p>


GFW Has Updated Political Boundaries

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