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 featured table compares the numbers of

forest

areas between five different continents in 1990, 2000 and 2005. From the table,

it is clear that

Europe

had the largest hectares of

forest

over the period of 15 years,

while

Oceania ranked as the least one. Meanwhile, the

area

of

forest

only steadily increased in

Europe

, that figure fluctuated or decreased in other parts.

To begin

with,

Europe

had 989 million hectares of

forest

in 1990 which was the highest one, followed by South America, with 946 million hectares.

However

, the

area

of

forest

in

Europe

saw an upward trend, rising to 1001 in 2005. After experiencing a continued downward , that data only took up 882 in South America.

Moreover

, Oceania had the smallest

area

for

forest

, from 199 (1990) to 197 (2005).

Additionally

, the amount of

forest

area

was significantly close between Africa and North America in 1990, with 749 and 708 respectively.

Then

during the next 15 years, the space of

forest

in those two parts experienced the same decline,

finally

reaching 691 and 705.

By contrast

, the number of

forest

areas in Asia fluctuated, starting at 576 in 1990, decreasing to 570 and ending up at 584 in 2005.