In the middle- to-late 1980s, the rates of deforestation in South America slowed dramatically, largely due to economic and tax policy changes in Brazil, but the pace of cuffing in Africa and Southeast Asia, though poorly quantified, remains high.

• 20世纪80年代中期到晚期，在南美洲砍伐森林的速率突然迅猛下降，主要是由于巴西经济和税收政策的变化。但是在非洲和东南亚，尽管数量很少，砍伐的速度依然很高。