The FAO’s Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) reports global gross deforestation to be 130,000 km2 annually for the decade 2000–2010, and 160,000 km2 for the previous decade 1990–2000. Out of this, forest in ‘rainforest basins’ (using a wider definition than used in this report) lost on average 63,000 km2 annually (1990–2010). Other studies, and…