The table displayed information about the coverage of woods land in six continents of the world from 1990 to 2005, measured in millions of hectares.
Overall, it is true that the majority of given categories experienced a downward trend throughout the period, except from Asia and Europe. Notably, the forest area in European countries was consistently the highest while the opposite was true for Oceania.
Upon further inspection, the area of wooded land in Asia stood at 576 in 1990, dropping to 570 after 10 years. However, this figure underwent slight increase of 14 in 2005. Meanwhile, Europe’s forests expanded substantially, from 989 in 1990 to 1001 in the final year.
Turning to others, the data of Oceania decreased gradually, ending at 197 in 2005. Similarly, North American region also lost a minuscule amount of forest area, starting at 708 in 1990, then fell gentle to 705 in 2000 and remained unchanged until 2005. Conversely, the amount of wooded areas in Africa and South America declined steeply, both lost roughly 60 millions of hectares throughout the time frame.