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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.
Pilliga forest: New South Wales Australia's largest inland native forest. Covering over 450,000 hectares. Sherbrooke Forest: Victoria Wet sclerophyll forest with the dominant tree species being the mountain ash, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest flowering plant in the world. The forest has recovered well from logging that occurred from the mid ...
Almost half of Australia's identified old-growth forest is in NSW, mostly on public land. [5] More than 73% of Australia's identified old-growth forests are in formal or informal nature conservation reserves. [6] In 2001, Western Australia became the first state in Australia to cease logging in old-growth forests. [7]
Nepal's 2000–2005 total deforestation rate was about 1.4% per year meaning it lost an average of 530 km 2 (205 sq mi) of forest annually. Nepal's total deforestation rate from 1990 to 2000 was 920 km 2 (355 sq mi) or 2.1% per year. The 2000–2005 true deforestation rate in Nepal, defined as the loss of primary forest, is −0.4% or 70 km 2 ...
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 ...
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.
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Jarrah Forest, also known as the Southwest Australia woodlands, is an interim Australian bioregion and ecoregion located in the south west of Western Australia. [2] [3] The name of the bioregion refers to the region's dominant plant community, jarrah forest – a tall, open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata).