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 given table compares the forested land in millions of

hectares

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in six different parts of the world in 1990, 2000 and 2005

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,

it is clear that

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while

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Europe

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and South

America

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had the highest

numbers

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of forested

hectares

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throughout the given years, in other parts of the world, the

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were relatively low, especially in Oceania.

To begin

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with, in the initial year,

Europe

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was the most dominant in forested land with 989

million

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hectares

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in comparison to other figures.

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, South

America

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was second in the

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of

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of forest

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(946). Africa and North

America

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showed similar

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of forest

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with 749 and 708

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hectares

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, respectively.

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, Asia had 576

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hectares

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,

while

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Oceania had the lowest

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of

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(199

million

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). In 200 and 2005,

Europe

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remained dominant as the

number

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of forested

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in

Europe

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slightly increased and reached its peak at 1001

hectares

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.

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, South

America

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showed a notable decline in the

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of

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and dropped to 882

million

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. The

number

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of forest

areas

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in Africa decreased dramatically (691);

however

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, the figures in Asia experienced a slight growth in the

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of forests. Both North

America

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and Oceania followed similar patterns and remained still with some marginal declines in the

numbers

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.