Forest area (% of land area)

Indicator id: forest_area_share · Unit: % · Coverage: 1990-2022

Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, as a share of total land area.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code AG.LND.FRST.ZS (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

FAO-sourced, reported roughly every 5 years then held flat between assessments; Nepal is a rare case of forest cover recovery since the 1990s low.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 15.2 -- Promote sustainable management of forests, halt deforestation
Topic: Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development
Themes: climate, rural

Also known as

"forest cover", "deforestation", "how much forest does Nepal have"

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