Despite global mobilization over the past few decades, the forest continues to shrink worldwide. Deforestation figures are difficult to analyse Forests are an important resource in the world, covering about a third of the world’s land mass, or 4 billion hectares (Food and Agriculture Organization – FAO). According to the FAO, about 13 million hectares of forest disappear every year, or a quarter of the area of France. This figure takes into account the net disappearance of the forest, without including replanted forest areas