The line graph below presents the percentage of forest-covered land in four countries from 1600 to 2000. Overall, the four areas —USA, France, Scotland, and UK —initially show a downward trend but then show a partial recovery at the end of the period.
Initially, in 1600, United States and Britain had amounts of forest which covered their land at about 48% and 15%, respectively. Along the period, the two states’ land experienced a gradual decrease in the amount of forest, each to 33% in 1900 and 5% in 1800. Nevertheless, this then increased to 35% and 9%, each. However, the gap of percentage of forest coverage between both nations was significant.
Similarly, France and Scotland also showed a common drop, from around 28% in 1600 to the lowest value (14%) in 1850 and from 5% in 1600 to the lowest value (4%) in 1700, correspondingly. Although they decreased during those periods, they then rose steadily up to 30% and 18% in 2000. However, the gap between the two percentage of forest-covered lands are not as far as those between the USA and UK.