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 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.
Contained in the illustration is the information pertaining to the acreage of foresty areas worldwide, measured in
million
hectares
, from 1990 to 2005. From an observational perspective, Asia and Europe experienced an upward trend
while
Africa, North/South America and Oceania witnessed a downward trend.
Additionally
, the European region dominated other continents in terms of forest land. Looking at the chart in
further
detail, Asia stood at 576
million
hectares
in 1990, dropped slightly by 6
million
hectares
in 2000 but soon recovered to 584
million
hectares
in 2005.
Similarly
, during the 15-year period, Europe jumped from 989
million
hectares
to 1001
million
hectares
. Moving onto the remaining groups, there was a continuous decrease in African forest properties, from 749
million
hectares
to 691
million
hectares
between 1990 and 2005.
Also
, Oceania's figures went down by 2
million
throughout the timeframe.
Lastly
, both North and South America saw a decline from 708
million
hectares
to 705
million
hectares
and 946
million
hectares
to 882
million
hectares
respectively.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Hectares
  • Forested land
  • Regions
  • Distribution
  • Trends
  • Historical data
  • Deforestation
  • Urbanization
  • Outliers
  • Proportionately
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