The forest and its trees are a defining element of NIKIN's identity. Therefore, we're always on the lookout for new things about the forest. This time, we took our discoveries straight to the graphics department, which put together a wonderful overview for us. Following the graphic, you'll find all the facts about the forest explained in more detail.
These are the 10 most exciting facts about the forest
This fact about forests is fascinating, but disappointing: originally, forests covered half of the Earth's land area. Today, they are down to 31% . We are appalled; the only thing that helps is planting trees, consuming consciously, and taking a stand for nature.
Large countries have large forest reserves
That's the simple rule, anyway. Brazil, China, Canada, Russia, and the USA boast the largest forests . In total, there are currently 400 trees for every person on Earth. Let's hope it stays that way.
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Lots of forest = lots of biodiversity
80% of all terrestrial biodiversity can be found in forests. Urban biodiversity is a myth, in other words. However, since 2015, we have been losing 10 million hectares of forest annually , and thus also biodiversity. This is no exception to Switzerland; after all, 25,000 species live in or depend on forests. Forests account for one- third of our area .
Trees as tall as skyscrapers
Worldwide, 350 million people live in or from forests . While 60 million, such as Amazon tribes, cannot survive without forests at all. However, the particularly old and large trees are mostly already protected. This includes the world's largest tree . It is 116 meters tall and stands in California. For comparison, the Prime Tower in Zurich is only 10 meters taller.
Learn more about the NIKIN tree planting projects
For every product purchased, we plant a tree. You can find out how this works and where exactly your tree will be located at TreePlanting and with the TreeTracker . Shopping at NIKIN is worth it: together with the community, we've already planted over 1.5 million trees!
