The bar chart illustrates the area of forest logged in the Southwest region in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2010, while the accompanying table compares the number of forest-dwelling species over the same period.
Overall, the amount of forest logged increased dramatically throughout the period, with logging activity tripling between 1990 and 2010. Although the table is not available here, it is likely intended to show how the number of forest species changed alongside this trend.
In 1990, approximately 75,000 acres of forest were cleared. Logging then increased gradually to 100,000 acres in 1995, representing a rise of around one-third. During the following five years, the area logged expanded more rapidly, reaching 150,000 acres by 2000.
The upward trend continued in the final decade. By 2010, the amount of forest cleared had climbed to 225,000 acres, an increase of 75,000 acres compared with 2000. Overall, the figure recorded in 2010 was exactly three times that of 1990, highlighting a substantial acceleration in deforestation across the Southwest region.