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

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

it is clear that

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Europe

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had the largest hectares of

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over the period of 15 years,

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Oceania ranked as the least one. Meanwhile, the

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of

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only steadily increased in

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, that figure fluctuated or decreased in other parts.

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with,

Europe

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had 989 million hectares of

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

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, the

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of

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in

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

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, Oceania had the smallest

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for

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

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, the amount of

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area

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

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during the next 15 years, the space of

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in those two parts experienced the same decline,

finally

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reaching 691 and 705.

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, the number of

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