According to a new paper by the Center for Global Development, Earth will likely lose an India-size forest of trees should current deforestation trends continue; this issue has broader implications for carbon dioxide emissions and the rise of global temperatures.

The world’s trees are disappearing at a rate that could have implications for the environment as a whole. 

According to a new paper by the Center for Global Development, forest area equivalent to the size of India will be lost by 2050 if current trends continue.

The team made this calculation by analyzing 18 million measurements from satellite images across 101 tropical areas between 2001 and 2012.