The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of the globe woodland and timberland in five areas, namely South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America respectively.
Overall, North America and Africa account for the largest forest area which is double that of the rest areas in total. Following the timberland chart, North America ranks first region of the globe’s timberland, while the opposite is true for Africa.
As the chart suggests, the wood industry is more prominent in North America compared to other regions. Particularly, North America boasts 25% of the world’s woodland and 30% of its timberland, ranking second and first globally, respectively. In contrast, South America accounts for 16% of the globe’s forest cover and 23% of its timberland. Additionally, the timber area in South America is in the second place of the world’s timberland cover.
As for the remaining areas, Africa has the largest forest area compared to others, accounting for 27%, but the land cover of timber in that region just dominates 9%. Therefore, Africa has the least area of timberland which is less than three times that of the ranked first, South America. Meanwhile, the woodland and timberland in Asia and Europe exhibit the same areas of land cover which stand at 14% and 18% of the globe’s forest cover and 18% and 20% of its timberland.