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The tropical domain has the largest proportion of the world's forests (45 percent), followed by the boreal, temperate and subtropical domains. More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation (20.1%), Brazil (12.2%), Canada (8.6%), the United States of America (7.6%) and China (5.4%).
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]
Five of the ten most massive trees on Earth are located within the Giant Forest. The largest of these, named General Sherman , measures 36.5 ft (11.1 m) across the base. The giant sequoia is the world's most massive species of tree and is one of the six species documented to grow to 300 ft (91 m) in height; the others are coast redwood , yellow ...
[6] Using this definition, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 found that forests covered 4.06 billion hectares (10.0 billion acres; 40.6 million square kilometres; 15.7 million square miles), or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020. [7] Forests are the largest terrestrial ecosystems of Earth by area, and are found ...
Yakushima Forest, Japan. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yakushima Forest on Yakushima Island shows off moss-covered rocks, rain-loving rheophytes, and ancient Japanese cedar trees.
List of forests in France; List of forests in Iceland; List of forests in India; List of forests in Ireland; List of forests in Israel; List of Liberian national forests; List of forests in Lithuania; Forests of Mexico; Forests of Poland; List of forests in Serbia; List of forests of South Africa; Forests of Sweden; List of Forest Parks of Thailand
Covering 31% of our planet's land, forests offer more than just a break from daily life — they’re immersive escapes that fill your senses and rejuvenate your soul.
Satellites in September recorded 32,017 hotspots in the world's largest rainforest, a 61% rise from the same month in 2019. [140] In addition, October saw a huge surge in the number of hotspots in the forest (more than 17,000 fires are burning in the Amazon's rainforest) – with more than double the amount detected in the same month last year ...