Band 7+: The graph below shows the percentage of total land area covered by forest in five different countries between 1990 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph compares the proportion of forest-covered land in Finland, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, and Nigeria over the period of three decades.

Overall, marginal changes can be observed in all five countries. The percentage generally decreased for all countries, with the exception of Canada and Finland.

Finland maintained the most forest area over the years. Not to mention, the amount of land covered by forests remained fairly stable, increasing by roughly 1%-2%. Forests in Canada, however, remained at a static rate during the thirty years.

The rest of the countries all experienced a decline in their forest land. Nigera experienced the most decline in the forest, dropping gradually from below 20% to almost 5% during this time. Indonesia’ forest, on the other hand, reduced by aproximately 5% during the first 10 years, then 2% in the next, and before finishing off at 50% in 2020. Finally, Brazil lost around 4% forest land in the first 20 years before stabilising at 60% forest since 2010.