Table 2.

Continental-scale forest cover and GFCL, 2000–2005, ordered by area of GFCL

Continent	2000 forest cover in km2	% of total forest cover	2000–2005 GFCL, km2 (s.e.)	GFCL as % of 2000 forest cover	% of total GFCL
North America	5,829,000	17.8	295,000 (15,000)	5.1	29.2
Asia	8,442,000	25.8	240,000 (28,000)	2.8	23.7
South America	8,414,000	25.7	228,000 (21,000)	2.7	22.6
Africa	5,635,000	17.2	115,000 (21,000)	2.0	11.4
Europe	3,099,000	9.5	86,000 (11,000)	2.8	8.5
Australia/Oceania	1,268,000	3.9	47,000 (13,000)	3.7	4.6
Total	32,687,000	100	1,011,000 (45,000)	3.1	100