Forest cover in Africa is decreasing in spite of heightened awareness on their importance to climate. The losses from deforestation and widespread degradation are intensifying carbon loss from Africa’s tropical forests.
According to Marie Avana-Tientcheu, the African Forest Forum’s (AFF) senior programme officer at the people and climate change programme, FAO's Forest Resources Assessment published (2020) shows that Africa had the largest annual rate of net forest loss between 2010 and 2020, at 3.9 million hectares every year.
