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

million

hectares

of six different continents in 1990, 2000 and 2005.

Overall

,

although

the

land

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

million

hectares

of forest

land

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

million

hectares

of greenery

land

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

then

2005

Change preposition

from 2005

show examples

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

million

hectares

of forest

land

from 1990 to 2000, it

then

dropped

further

to 691

million

hectares

in 2005.

In contrast

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

million

hectares

.

Similarly

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

million

hectares

of forested lands.