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 table provides information on forest area lands measured in

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hectares

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of six different continents in 1990, 2000 and 2005.

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areas have declined over the years, Europe and Asia's forested lands kept growing and Oceania recorded the lowest comparing all the six continents. It is evident that North America experienced stability in 2000 and 2005 as the figure reduced from 1990 with 708 to 705

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of forest

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. South America started off with 946 in 1990 but fell in the following years by 904 and 882

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of greenery

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. It is significant to note that Oceania which has the smallest forests dropped marginally by one from 1990 to 2000 and

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. In the same way, Africa recorded a decrease of 40

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of forest

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from 1990 to 2000, it

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dropped

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to 691

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in 2005.

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, Europe was able to reserve its forests over the given years as it rose from 989 to 998 and peaked at 1001

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, Asia increased slightly from 576 in 1990 to 584 in 2005

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of forested lands.