The worlds forests are being destroyed at alarming rates. Here are some facts pulled from various sources that highlight the destruction occurring on a daily basis.
- Half of the world’s forests have already been cleared or burned and 80% of the reamning forests have been seriously degraded.
- Paper accounts for 25% of landfill waste.
- 42% of the industrial wood harvest is used to make paper.
- 470,000 trees could be saved each year if every person in the U.S. used just one roll of Nimbus Extra Soft instead of a traditional roll of toilet paper.
- The average American uses over 50 pounds of tissue papers per year!
- The net loss of forests per year is estimated at 7.3 million hectares (18 million acres).
- Worldwide, 1.6 Billion people rely on forest products for all or part of their livelihood.
- Experts estimate that the last remaining rain forests could be completely consumed in less than forty years!
- In Nigeria 81% of its original forest cover is now permanently lost.
- Tree Loss is responsible for 20% of the carbon pollution produced globally every year.