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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
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hectares
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, from 1990 to 2005. From an observational perspective, Asia and Europe experienced an upward trend
while
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 Africa, North/South America and Oceania witnessed a downward trend.
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, the European region dominated other continents in terms of forest land. Looking at the chart in
further
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 detail, Asia stood at 576
million
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hectares
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 in 1990, dropped slightly by 6
million
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hectares
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 in 2000 but soon recovered to 584
million
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hectares
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 in 2005.
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, during the 15-year period, Europe jumped from 989
million
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hectares
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 to 1001
million
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hectares
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. Moving onto the remaining groups, there was a continuous decrease in African forest properties, from 749
million
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hectares
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 to 691
million
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hectares
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 between 1990 and 2005.
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, Oceania's figures went down by 2
million
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 throughout the timeframe.
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, both North and South America saw a decline from 708
million
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hectares
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 to 705
million
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hectares
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 and 946
million
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hectares
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 to 882
million
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hectares
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 respectively.

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Conclusion: The conclusion is too long.
Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words million, hectares with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Hectares
  • Forested land
  • Regions
  • Distribution
  • Trends
  • Historical data
  • Deforestation
  • Urbanization
  • Outliers
  • Proportionately
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