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Global Forest Resources Assessment <strong>2010</strong><br />

• Net forest change (global) 1990–2000: -8.9 million hectares per year (forest)<br />

• Net forest change (global) 2000–2005: -7.3 million hectares per year (forest)<br />

• Global deforestation 1990–2005: 13 million hectares per year with no significant<br />

change over time<br />

• Global increase in forest area due to afforestation and natural expansion of forests:<br />

an average of 4.1 million hectares per year during 1990–2000 and 5.7 million<br />

hectares per year during 2000–2005

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