1.5 acres of rain forest's are lost in one second
DFW has a total area of 17,207 acres making it the largest airport in Texas and the second largest in the United States.
About 1 and a half acres per second i think.
Yes, Nicaragua is home of many breathtaking rainforests. Indio Maiz, Selva Negra, Bosawas, etc. In fact, most of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua is made up of rain forests.
Approximately 200 years ago, there were over 7 billion acres of tropical rainforest around the world, which covered about 12 percent of the planet's surface.
.97 acres.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) found that tropical deforestation rates increased 8.5 percent from 2000-2005 when compared with the 1990s.All round the world tropical rainforests lost 10,240,000 hectares (25 million acres) every year between 1990 and 2005.That's:10,240,000 hectares (25,000,000 acres) in one year. Or197,000 ha (481,000 acres) in one week. Or28,000 ha (69,000 acres) in one day. Or1172 ha (2861 acres) in one hour. Or19.5 ha (48 acres) every minute.0.33 ha (0.8 acres) every second.That's about 36 football fields of rainforest lost every minute.An American Football field measures 0.53 ha (1.32 acres).Countries annually losing the most rainforest 1990 and 2005:Brazil: 2,974,867 ha (7,351,000 acres) per yearIndonesia: 1,447,800 ha (3,577,000 acres)Papua New Guinea: 266,600 ha (660,000 acres)Bolivia: 135,200 ha (334,000 acres)Peru: 123,000 ha (304,000 acres)More information at the link below.
Exactly 0.459 acres.
In terms of land area, DFW comprises 18,076 acres.
proboly about 1907 per second
proboly about 1907 per second
How many acres are in the UK
An area roughly the size of New Jersey is cut down in the Rainforest every year. Fifty acres of the Rainforest are destroyed every few minuets.