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europe’s forests: the numbers

europe’s forests · growing, not shrinking

europe’s forests have grown by roughly the area of the united kingdom since 1990. nobody planted most of it. the farms left, and it came back.

method FAO FRA 2020, Europe incl. Russia, 1990–2020 change (~+22 Mha).

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how this number is built

method
FAO FRA 2020, Europe incl. Russia, 1990–2020 change (~+22 Mha).
range
±10%
confidence
count
weakness
'roughly the UK' is a size analogy; the UK is 24 Mha.
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