Question

Identify the statements that correctly describe the countries with the largest forest areas globally.

1. The Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America, and China collectively hold more than half of the world's forests.
2. India is among the top five countries with the largest forest areas.
3. Australia has a larger forest area than the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
4. China has the second-largest forest area globally.

• A. 2, 3
• B. 3 only
• C. 1 only
• D. 3, 4

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 1 only

• Forests covered about 4.1 billion ha (31 per-cent) of the world's land surface in 2020. The largest part is in the tropics, followed by the boreal, temperate and subtropical climatic domains.

• More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries - the Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America and China (in descending order, by area).

• Ten countries account for two-thirds of the global forest area, also including Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Peru and India (in descending order).

• An estimated 420 million ha of forests was converted to other land uses between 1990 and 2020.