Forests are home to 300 million people around the world.
More than 1.6 billion people depend to varying degrees on forests for their livelihoods, e.g. fuelwood, medicinal plants and forest foods.
About 60 million indigenous people are almost wholly dependent on forests.
Some 350 million people who live within or adjacent to dense forests depend on them to a high degree for subsistence and income.
In developing countries, about 1.2 billion people rely on agroforestry farming systems that help to sustain agricultural productivity and generate income.
Mangrove forests, which cover about 15 million hectares worldwide, are essential to the life cycles of the majority of the world's commercial fish species.
