Band 6+: Task 1 The table below gives information about the percentage of land covered by forest in various countries in 1990 and 2005 with estimated figures for 2015. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Country Percentage of Forest 1990 Percentage of Land Covered by Land Covered by Forest 2005 Percentage of Land Covered by Forest 2015 Australia 21.9 21.3 20.0 New Zealand 28.8 31.0 32.3 Brazil 62.2 57.2 53.5 Chile 20.4 21.5 22.0

The table compares the number if land filled with trees in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Chile during the year 1990 and 2005, with prediction of the rate in 2015.

Overall, While Australia and Brazil sought a decline, New Zealand increased. And this trend keeps continue to 2015

Firstly, Australia and Brazil experienced a downward trend, started by 21.9% and 62.2% in 1990 and then down by 0.6% for Australia and by 5% for Brazil in the year 2005. In the projected number in 2015, both seem to keep going low by approximately 20% in Australia and 53.5% in Brazil.

However, New Zealand and Chile discovered a climb up in amount of forest land, starting off with 28.8% and 20.4% by year 1990, grew by 31% in New Zealand and 21.5% in Chile after 15 years. This growth remained in the estimated year 2015 up by 2.3% for New Zealand and 0.5% in Chile.