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Annual change in forest area, 2015

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (either through afforestation or natural expansion) minus deforestation.

0No data-400,000 ha-200,000 ha-100,000 ha0 ha100,000 ha200,000 ha400,000 ha>600,000 ha
World

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Forest Resources Assessment.

Note: The UN FAO publish forest data as the annual average on 10- or 5-year timescales.