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Bar chart of annual tree cover loss in Peru between 2001 and 2024, with 2017 highlighted as the year with the greatest loss
Figure. Annual tree cover loss in Peru, 2001-2024. Source: Global Forest Watch (UMD), 30% canopy cover threshold.

303,217 ha of tree cover lost in 2017, the maximum of the 2001-2024 series

Question

How has tree cover loss in Peru changed year by year, according to Global Forest Watch?

Finding

The peak of the 2001-2024 series was in 2017, with 303,217 ha of tree cover lost.

Notebook

Where the figure comes from

The repository brings together three exploratory analyses with open data: the fiscal crisis, global energy consumption and tree cover loss in Peru.

The 2017 figure comes from the only code cell of the notebook 03_peru_tree_cover_loss.ipynb, which queries the Global Forest Watch API (dataset gadm__tcl__iso_change, version v20250515, 30% canopy cover threshold) and prints the df_final table. For 2017 the table shows 303,216.79 ha.

The chart above is made with the values from that same output.

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