The table gives information about the amount of forest land in six regions of the world in 1990, 2000, and 2005. The figures are shown in millions of hectares.
Overall, it can be seen that most parts of the world lost some of their forest area during this period. The only region that showed growth was Europe.
In 1990, Europe had 989 million hectares of forest, and this number gradually increased to 998 in 2000 and 1,001 in 2005. In contrast, South America had 946 million hectares in 1990, but this dropped to 882 by 2005, which was the biggest fall among all regions. Africa also showed a steady decrease from 749 to 691 million hectares.
Asia’s forest area went down slightly from 576 to 570 in 2000 but rose a little to 584 in 2005. North America remained almost stable, changing only from 708 to 705. Oceania also had a small decline, from 198 to 197.
To sum up, most regions experienced deforestation between 1990 and 2005, except Europe, where the forest area continued to grow slowly.