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| Change
in Forest Cover, 1990-2000
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| Continent |
Total
Forest, 1990
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Total
Forest, 2000
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Change,
1990-2000
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Million
Hectares
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Percent
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| Africa |
702
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650
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7.8
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| Asia |
551
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548
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0.7
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| Oceania |
201
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198
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1.8
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| Europe |
1,030
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1,039
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0.8
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| North and Central
America |
555
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549
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1.0
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| South America |
923
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886
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4.1
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| TOTAL WORLD |
3,963
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3,869
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2.2
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Note:
Percentages are based on non-rounded area measurements.
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| Source:
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, State of the World's Forests
2001 (Rome: 2001).
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