It's vital to save our forests to save ourselves
What if no forests are left by 2050?
Most of us are familiar with the old saying that sometimes we "can't see the forest for the trees". But what if I told you that, at our present rate of exploitation of our forests and depletion of our natural resources in Asia and the Pacific, we run the risk of not seeing any forest or the trees by the middle of this century?
As a region, Asia and the Pacific has more people than any other part of the world, and many areas within it have very high population densities. As a result, nearly two-thirds of the forests in this region have been degraded to various degrees. Only 19 percent of primary forests remain (where human intervention has been minimal), compared with the global average of 32 percent. So what will the future of our forests look like? Will we continue down this road or will we work together to improve things?
