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Which country has the most forest?

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Quick Answer

Russia, with about 815 million hectares of forest — roughly a fifth of all the forest on Earth.

The Full Story

Russia has the largest forest area of any country, with around 815 million hectares, or about 20% of the world’s total forest, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Most of it is boreal forest, or taiga, made up of conifers such as larch, pine and spruce stretching across Siberia. Brazil is second with around 500 million hectares, much of it in the Amazon rainforest, followed by Canada, the United States and China. Together these five countries hold more than half of the world’s forests. Forests cover about 31% of Earth’s land surface.

Key Facts

1.Larch, which loses its needles each autumn, is the most common tree in Russia’s forests.
2.The boreal forest is the largest land biome on Earth.
3.The world has lost a large area of forest since 1990, although the rate of loss has slowed.

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"A fifth of the world’s trees — inside Russia’s endless forests"