New UN report shows deforestation has slowed down in the past decade [SOUND]

# Deforestation has slowed down in every region of the world in the past decade. This is according to new data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. The latest data shows that every year for the past decade, the world has been losing around 10.9 million hectares of forest. Forests still cover approximately 4.14 billion hectares, or about one-third of the total land area of the world. FAO’s Anssi Pekkarinen says forests are important for food security and livelihoods: