would be interesting to know, how its in total compared to 1000 years ago. I guess then you see that we are missing forests, just not in the rich wealthy countries ;)
Yeah. Also, there is no way that the eastern US can get back to what it was prior to 1500, when everything east of the Mississippi river was covered in one giant forest.
https://www.humanprogress.org/economic-development-is-saving-the-forests/