Band 6+: the graph below show the percentage of the worlds forest and the percentage of worlds timber production in different regions of the world . Summarise the information y selecting and reporting the main features and make comaparisons where relevant .

The provided pie charts illustrate the proportion of forests and the global timber production across six regions, namely South Africa, Russia, Europe, Asia, South Amerika and North Amerika in 2010. Overall, Russia produced a significanty higher proportion of timber and possessed a large share of the world’s compared to other regions. It is also worth mentioning that Europe had lowest percentage of both forest area and timber production.

In 2010, South America accounted for13.2% of the world’s forest, while Russia made up 24.2%. America represented 21.9% and another region accounted for 26.5%. During this period, Europe and Asia/Oceania had the lowest shares, at 5% and 9.2% respectively.

Regarding timber production, South Africa accounted for 11.2% , while Russia recorded the highest proportion at 37.5%. North America’s share stood 12.8%, and figure for the South Amerika contributed 15%. However, Asia produced 14.3% of global and Europe accounted for 9.2% of timber production in given year.