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Table 2.3: Forest cover by subregion 2005
Region/subregion Forest area
(1 000 ha)		 % of land area
1 hectare (ha) = 10 000 square meters (m2) = 0.01 square kilometres (km2)
Eastern and Southern Africa 226 534 27.8
Northern Africa 131 048 8.6
Western and Central Africa 277 829 44.1
Total Africa 635 412 21.4
East Asia 244 862 21.3
South and Southeast Asia 283 127 33.4
Western and Central Asia 43 588 4.0
Total Asia 571 577 18.5
Total Europe 1 001 394 44.3
Caribbean 5 974 26.1
Central America 22 411 43.9
North America 677 464 32.7
Total North and Central America 705 849 32.9
Total Oceania 206 254 24.3
Total South America 831 540 47.7
WORLD 3 952 025 30.3

Source: WHO  Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005,
Progress towards sustainable forest management
Chapter 2: Extent of forest resources. P.18