According to the loss assessments of Sichuan earthquake disaster, the deadly earthquake caused the about 4.93 million Mu of forest loss, which meant that the forest coverage declined 30.7% to 30.2%, with the decrease rate of 0.5%.

According the previous survey, the forest coverage rate declined by 0.6% in Sichuan province, because of the snow disaster at the beginning of 2008. Its reported that, the snow disaster and the earthquake directly caused the decline of forest rate from 31.3% to 30.2%, with the decrease rate of 1.1%.