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.
The given table illustrates how many millions of
hectares
of forest areas
in 6 continents namely: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
, South America
and Oceania.
In general, the number of forest hectares
in Asia and Europe increased, while
the rest areas
witnessed a downward trend over the course of 15 years.
Looking at the table for more detail, starting at 576 million
hectares
in 1990, apart from a slight decrease in 1995, forested land in Asia rose considerably to reach 584 million
hectares
in 2005. A similar trend was witnessed in forests in Europe,
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this
figure went up dramatically by 12 million
hectares
over a 15-year period (from 989 million
hectares
in 1990 to 1001 million
hectares
in 2005).
In contrast
, these statistics for Africa and South America
witnessed a rapid decline. In 1990, the spread of forest areas
in these 2 continents were
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was
million
hectares
. However
, after 15 years, these figures for Africa and South America
were 691 and 882 million
hectares
respectively. Meanwhile, the data for Oceania was the lowest figure in 6 areas
,
and decreased gradually by 1 Remove the comma
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million
hectares
each recorded year.Submitted by thanhvinhdoi338 on
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