Although Uruguay has negative rates of deforestation, the country has seen a substantial change in land use in rural areas in recent years, driven by an increase in grain production and forest goods. Coupled with the country’s long-standing agricultural and livestock activities, Uruguay’s forests face more pressures than ever before.

Between 1980 and 2010, Belize lost one fifth of its forest cover to deforestation. Several drivers have contributed to this forest loss, including agricultural expansion, illegal and unsustainable logging and forest fires. Population growth and the expansion of rural and urban housing have also placed pressure on Belize’s forest lands.

Thailand’s landscape is a complex mosaic of agriculture and forests. Since the 1960s, the country has seen an overall decrease in forest cover from 53% to 31%. Population growth has increased demand for forest and agricultural products which has contributed to the country’s rising levels of deforestation and forest degradation. Continued deforestation is expected to adversely affect the livelihoods of a large number of forest-dependent people as well as Thailand’s environmental sustainability.