The table shows forested land in million of hectares in different parts of the world. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given table presents data on the amount of forested land, measured in millions of hectares, across six continents from 1990 to 2005.

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, Europe consistently recorded the largest forest area,

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Oceania had the smallest figures throughout the period. In 1990, Europe accounted for the highest figure (989), followed by South America(946).

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the former witnessed a gradual increase over the given period, reaching 1001, the latter declined by 42 in 2000

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and by 22 in 2005. It is

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notable that the most decreased figure belonged to South America. Following them was the indicator for Africa at 749. There was a total decline of 58 , which made the figure drop to 691.

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, the remaining parts of the world were responsible for significantly smaller forested land. Statistics for North America started at 708, later fluctuating around 705. As for Asia, it decreased from 576 to 570 ,and

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grew to 584, becoming the only continent that witnessed both an increase and a decrease. Ultimately, the size of forests in Oceanie experienced a marginal drop of 1 million hectares in each given year, stabilising at 197

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of the period.