Avoiding global deforestation by taxing land in agricultural production: the implications for global markets

Table 2 Forestland by region in 2023 and estimated change in 2033 relative to 2033 baseline scenario

	Forestland in 2023	Forestland in 2033	∆ (Mha)	∆ (%)
United States	248.4	249.7	1.3	0.5
China	164.6	164.8	0.1	0.1
Brazil	498.2	479.2	− 19.0	− 3.8
Canada	412.8	407.9	− 5.0	− 1.2
Russia	838.1	828.6	− 9.5	− 1.1
Western & Central Europe^d	186.7	175.5	− 11.1	− 6.0
Other Europe^e	40.1	36.1	− 4.1	− 10.1
South Asia	47.8	42.5	− 5.3	− 11.0
Central America	94.6	91.2	− 3.4	− 3.6
Other Latin America^c	348.5	325.0	− 23.5	− 6.7
Sub-Saharan Africa	564.6	525.0	− 39.7	− 7.0
Southeast Asia^a	243.9	221.3	− 22.6	− 9.3
Oceania^b	199.2	196.1	− 3.1	− 1.5
Japan	23.7	26.9	3.2	13.7
North Africa/Middle East	33.8	30.9	− 2.9	− 8.5
East Asia	14.5	14.6	0.1	0.7
Total	3959.5	3815.3	− 144.2	− 3.6

^aSoutheast Asia includes Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam
^bOceania includes Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (Western Samoa), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu
^cOther Latin America includes Argentina, Bolivia, Czech Republic, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela
^dWestern & Central Europe includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithua- nia, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom
^eOther Europe includes Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Ukraine

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