Band 8+: The pie chart below shows the main reasons why forests are declining worldwide. The table presents how these causes affected three regions of the world during the 2010s. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart illustrates the main causes of worldwide deforestation, while the table shows the percentage of forest destroyed by these factors in three regions, including North America, Europe and South America during the 2010s.

Overall, logging is the leading contributor to the decline of forests globally. Additionally, Europe experienced the highest level of deforestation, whereas North America was least affected.

The pie chart highlights that logging constitutes the highest proportion of forest loss of 40%, followed by agriculture at 30% and urban expansion at 20%. Only 10% of forests is decreased by other unspecific factors.

Regarding the table, 25.5% of Europe’s forests is destroyed, with a great percentage of 15% attributed to agriculture which was much higher than that of logging at 2.5%. South America ranked second, at 17.5%, primarily due to logging making up 13%. Notably, merely 0.2% of forests in this region declined by agriculture. On a contrary, North America was least affected occupying for 9.4%, with logging being the main contributor at 5.3%.