-At the global level, the net change in forest area for the 1990s was an estimated -9.4 million ha per year (equivalent to 0.2 percent of total forests). This was the combined effect of a deforestation rate of 14.6 million ha per year and a rate of forest increase of 5.2 million ha per year.
-An estimated 12 percent of the world's forests are under protected area status.