Before you play

What This Tree Loss Figure Means

This game compares tree cover loss in hectares..

  • The value shown is the latest country-year observation available through the source indicator.
  • It is a comparison tool, not a total portrait of the place.
  • The interesting part is where a simple-looking percentage turns out to be measuring policy, distribution, or institutional stress.

Tree loss always sounds like a forestry metric until the number forces you to remember land clearance, commodity chains, and fire politics are all hiding in it.