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Heading: Bad data situation Body text: It was said that by 2022 the world was a long way from the goal of stopping forest destruction. Above all, agriculture, road construction, fires and commercial logging are the drivers of the destruction. In 2022, global gross deforestation was 21 percent above the value that would be required to end deforestation by 2030. The data situation on global forest restoration efforts is poor. There is also a lack of a global overview of natural forest recreation. "The world's forests are in crisis," said Erin Matson, who works at the consulting firm Climate Focus and co-authored the report. "So many promises have been made to stop deforestation and finance forest protection. But the chance for progress is given up every year." According to the report, deforestation would have to be reduced by 27.8 percent in 2023 in order to keep the promises made. In addition, biological diversity in the forests is "decreasing at an alarming rate".