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 table illustrates the number of forested areas per million

hectares

in distinct parts of the world. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it seems evident that the

hectares

of land

was

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highest in 1990,

while

Europe

took the predominant share, much greater than other parts. Regarding the figure for forested land in 1990, there were 989

hectares

in

Europe

, followed by South

America

with 946

hectares

.

Additionally

,

this

data for Africa was slightly lower, at 749, which was 11

hectares

larger than the forested zone in North

America

. Asia and Oceania remained the smallest, at 576 and 199

hectares

respectively. Turning to the number of wood areas in the year 2000, a similar trend can be seen. To be more specific,

Europe

accounted for the highest number of

hectares

, at 998, chased by 904 in South

America

, and 709

hectares

in Africa.

However

, there was a decrease in the figure in North

America

, Asia and Oceania by 6, 3 and 1 hectare. Looking at the

last

year, 2005, the forested land in

Europe

was significantly high, much larger than the others, at 1001

hectares

. South

America

and Africa recorded a downward trend, falling by 22

hectares

whereas

this

data for other parts remained stable, which was similar to the year 2000.