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The Top 5 Countries With The Largest Forested Area
| Country | Hectares | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 809 million hectares |
| 2 | Brazil | 520 million hectares |
| 3 | Canada | 310 million hectares |
| 4 | United States of America | 304 million hectares |
| 5 | China | 207 million hectares |
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- Seventy-six countries have lost all of their frontier forests.
- Only seven countries still have a large proportion of their original forest cover remaining in an unthreatened state.
- 40% of the forests on Earth qualify as frontier forests
- 70% of the world's remaining frontier forests are in Russia, Canada and Brazil.
- 39% of Earth's remaining frontier forest is threatened by logging, agricultural clearing and other human activities.
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Forests & Trees, Top 5 Largest, Deforestation Statistics
Sources: FAO Forestry Paper 163. (2010). "Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010."
List Notes: Data is the top 5 countries with the largest forest area for the year 2010 in millions of hectares.
Sources: FAO Forestry Paper 163. (2010). "Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010."
List Notes: Data is the top 5 countries with the largest forest area for the year 2010 in millions of hectares.
