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Annual CO₂ emissions from deforestation for food production

This measures the amount of CO₂ emissions linked to deforestation for food production – it is trade-adjusted so reflects the carbon footprint of diets within a given
country. It is based on the annual average over the period from 2010 to 2014.

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World
OurWorldInData.org/forests •

Source: Pendrill et al. (2019). Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions.

Note: Trade adjustment means that deforestation linked to the production of imported food products is added to a country's total; exported emissions are subtracted from its total.

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