The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.


Quantity Value HuID Source Type
Global annual disrupted forest area due to shifting agriculture (7.5 ± 0.9) × 1010 m2 / yr 24388 Curtis, P. G., Slay, C. …
Global annual disrupted forest area due to forestry (5.4 ± 0.8) × 1010 m2 / yr 38352 Curtis, P. G., Slay, C. …
Percentage of forests with high ecosystem integrity ≈ 40 % 62179 Grantham, H.S., Duncan, A., Evans, …
Global deforested and disrupted forest area 21 × 1010 m2 / yr 78576 Curtis, P. G., Slay, C. …
Global net short vegetation area change - 2.6 ± 4.0 × 1010 m2 / yr 89587 Song, Hansen, Stehman, Potapov, Tyukavina, …
Global annual disrupted forest area due to wildfire (7.2 ± 1.3) × 1010 m2 / yr 92221 Curtis, P. G., Slay, C. …
Global commodity-driven deforestation area (5.7 ± 1.1) × 1010 m2 / yr 96098 Curtis, P. G., Slay, C. …
Global net forest area change 6.6 ± 3.5 × 1010 m2 / yr 96847 Song, Hansen, Stehman, Potapov, Tyukavina, …