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Found mostly in Indonesia,
Cambodia, Thailand,
Myanmar, and Malaysia,
the rain forests of Southeast
Asia are the oldest tropical
forests on Earth.
FAST FACTS
Tropical forest makes up almost
half of the world’s trees. Boreal
forest is nearly one-quarter,
followed closely by temperate
forest. Trees in other areas
are the remaining 10 percent.
Tropical Boreal Temperate Other
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Earth’s forests currently measure around
2
15 million sq miles (40 million km )—but
every year an area the size of a small
country is cleared to make room for people
to grow crops or graze animals. Trees are
also chopped down on an industrial scale
to provide wood and paper.
Almost half of the
forests in Australia
are in Queensland,
with much of the
land protected as
national parks.
For every person on Earth,
there is a piece of forest the size
of a soccer field and 400 trees.
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