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 given illustrates forested areas in six regions of the world in three years: 1990, 2000 and 2005. Units are measured in millions of
hectares
.
Overall
, it can clearly be seen that the region with the most forested land
in the world over the period was Europe. In contrast
, Oceania had the least area of forested land
.
Regarding the top three regions with the most forested land
at the beginning, Europe's forested land
was almost 1000 million
hectares
, followed by South America and Africa for 946 and 749, respectively. This
position remained the same in the next 10 years; however
, in 2005, forested areas in Africa significantly dropped to 691 and were overtaken by North America.
In terms of the other parts of the world, North America started at 708 million
hectares
and remained relatively stable until the end of the period. Meanwhile, Asia, which stood at 576, experienced a significant rise of around 10 million
hectares
. Moreover
, Oceania saw a gradual downtrend of 1 million
hectares
every year and reached the final number of 197 million
hectares
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