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  2. Apr 29, 2019 · In 2016 alone, 29.7 million hectares of forest cover was lost. Europe is the sixth largest continent, but it has the largest forest cover with over 1,015 million hectares. Although Russia has the largest forest cover in the world, extensive coverage of its forest lies within the Asian continent.

  3. Dec 28, 2019 · The regions with the highest tropical deforestation rate are in Central America and tropical Asia. FAO estimates that the decrease of primary forest area, 0.4 percent over a ten-year period, is largely due to reclassification of primary forest to "other naturally regenerated forest" because of selective logging and other human interventions.

  4. This visualization shows the breakdown of global forest area by world region. We see that Europe – dominated by forests across Russia – holds the greatest share of global forests. They are home to one-quarter of the world’s forest area. This was followed by South America, which has one-fifth of forest area.

    • Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
    • 2021
  5. Nov 4, 2023 · Five member states have more than half of their land covered with forests: Finland (66 per cent), Sweden (63 per cent), Slovenia (61 per cent), Estonia (54 per cent) and Latvia (53 per cent)....

  6. One of the world’s northernmost nations, Finland is the most densely forested country in Europe. By Aaron Sidder. FAST FACTS. OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Finland. FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary...

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  7. Countries and territories Russia has the most forest. All areas are given in units of 1000 hectares. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  8. 3 days ago · Nearly two-thirds of Finland is blanketed by thick woodlands, making it the most densely forested country in Europe. Finland forms a symbolic northern border between western and eastern Europe: dense wilderness and Russia to the east, the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden to the west.

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