Chile nearly five years into the world's third largest national forest area

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Chile, "Mercury News" reported on September 7, according to the latest report released by FAO, after China and Australia, Chile, the last five years the world's third largest national forest area.

Since 2010-2015, a total of afforestation 301,000 hectares in Chile, Australia and China were 308,000 and 1.5 million hectares. Following Chile, the United States, the Philippines afforestation area respectively 275,000 and 240,000 hectares. In contrast, the largest country in the area of forest loss in Brazil were 984,000, 684,000, Indonesia, Myanmar 546 000, 410 000 Nigeria, Tanzania 370,000 hectares. Latin America's largest national forest area lost 325,000 are Paraguay, Argentina and Venezuela 297,000 289,000 hectares.

New data published in the report shows that the current global forest area 39.99 million hectares, covering 30.6% of the total area of the table. Since 1990, the global total of 1.29 billion hectares of forest disappear, the equivalent of South Africa's land area. Europe and Asia to increase forest area in Africa, South America and Australia forest area is decreasing.

Rod Taylor FAO forestry experts said that without urgent and decisive action, the next 20 years global forest loss will reach 170 million hectares, the equivalent of Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and the forest area.