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This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area. [1] [need quotation to verify]
Story at a glance From 2000 to 2020, 36 countries gained more trees than they lost. Europe experienced the highest net gain over 20 years at 6 million hectares. The U.S., Russia, and Canada ...
Russia has the largest forest area in the world, at 815 million hectares (a fifth of global forest cover). The other four countries all house more than 100 million hectares of forest each. The small African nation of Gabon, while only containing 0.58% of the world's forest cover, has the largest forest-to-land ratio of any country (91.3%). [4]
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This article includes the table with land use statistics by country. Countries are ranked by their total cultivated land area, which is the sum of the total arable land area and total area of permanent crops. Arable land is defined as being cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice, all of which are replanted after each harvest.
Peru had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 8.86/10, ranking it 14th globally out of 172 countries. [159] A recently deforested area in Nueva Cajamarca (Rioja, San Martin, Pérou). The source of much of the lost forest is expansion of agriculture and cattle grazing, road projects, extraction of wood and population increase ...
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This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more trees as their national trees. Most species in the list are officially designated.