The table shows forested land in millions of hectares in different parts of the world. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The given compares and contrasts data on the

amount

of forested

land

, measured in millions of

hectares

, across 6 different

countries

between 1990 and 2005.

Overall

,

from

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the period of 5 years, all

countries

except for

Euroupe

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Europe

and Asia experienced a decline in

amount

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the amount

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of

land

covered by forest.

In addition

, Europe had the highest

amount

of forested

land

,

while

Oceania had the least among the 6 mentioned

countries

. As can be seen from the table, Europe ranked first in the

amount

of forest-covered

land

with 989

million

hectares

recorded in 1990, it

then

observed an increase to 1001

million

in 2005. Asia witnessed a similar upward trend in the

amount

of forested

land

, which rose by exactly 8

million

hectares

from 1990 to 2005. The other four

countries

,

by contrast

, saw a decline in

amount

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the amount

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of forest area. South America was the

second

largest forested country with 882

millions

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of

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hectares

in 2005, which was 37

million

less than that in 1990, followed by South America with 882

million

hectares

in 2005. Africa had the fourth largest

amount

of forested

land

in 1990, which was replaced by North America in 2005. Oceania was the least forested country, which observed a small decrease in

amount

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the amount

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of forested

land

of 2

million

during the period.