1. Forests in the world
and in Europe

2. Polish forest resources Europe against the world
against Europe
and
Europe against the world

3. Within two last decades the sum of all forest cover in the World have been reduced by about thousands hectares (0,34 % of all forest cover in the World). At the same time  the forest cover of Poland increased from 27,8% to 29,2%.

4. The forest area in Poland is 0
The forest area in Poland is 0.23% of the world's forests and about 6% of the forest area of the European Union. While the timber resources of the country (2.3 billion m³) represent 9.5% of the forests in the EU, which gives Poland 4th place among these countries.
European Union countries with the surface of the forest about 157 million hectares constitute about 4% of the world's forests.
The countries with the largest forest area (as a percentage of total forest area of the world are: Russia (20%), Brazil (13%), Canada (8%), USA (7%) and China (5%).

5. Polish forest cover amounting to 30
Polish forest cover amounting to 30.5% (relative to land area) is similar to the average forest cover of the world (31%).
The forestation of our country is also close to the forest cover in Europe (excluding Russia) of 32.2%.
It is however significantly lower than the forest cover South America (49%), Europe together with Russia (45%), South Asia and South-Eastern Europe (35%) and Central America (38%).
Polish Forest cover is, however, much higher than the forest cover of the whole of Africa (23%), Asia (19%) and Oceania (23%).

7. Timber harvesting
Annual timber harvesting in the world is a total of about thousand. m³ of merchantable timber without bark. From the overall harvesting on different continents falls Asia %, Africa %, Europe with Russia %, North and Central America %, and South America % and Oceania - 2.0%.

8. With the world's harvested wood for energy / fuel is spent around 55%, with the largest share of this wood is observed in Africa - 89% and Asia - 76%, and Central America - 93%. This participation in the more developed regions is, however, much lower amounts: in North America, 15% in Europe and 23% in Oceania and South America 52%.

9. In the last two 10 years of total forest area of the world decreased by about thousand ha, 0.34%. In Poland, there has been an increase in forest area of thousand. ha. Increased estimated at about 190 thousand. ha - an area of land related to forest management to thousand. ha in ie. 445 thousand. ha and, therefore, by 5.0% (0.5% annually); It occurred in this period, the increase in forest cover from 27.8% to 29.2%.

10. Regions with the largest forest area per capita 1 include: Oceania (5
Regions with the largest forest area per capita 1 include: Oceania (5.48 ha), South America (2.25 ha), North America (1.50 ha) and Europe (including Russia) ha. The least forest area per 1 inhabitant in Asia (0.15 ha) and the Caribbean (0.17 ha). On the other hand, in Africa on 1 inhabitant is an average of 0.68 ha of forest.

12. Polish forest resources against the resources of Europe
In Europe, the largest forest area in the Russian Federation; it is about 809 million hectares, which represents 79% of the total forest area in Europe. In Europe, the forest area in the period of 20 years from 1990 to 2010 increased by 1.6%. In Europe (excluding Russia) growth in the 20-year period was 8.3%.
The greatest abundance of forests is characterized by the Europe Central and Western (227 m³ / ha) and Central and Eastern Europe (217m³ / ha), and the lowest, South-Western (81m³ / ha) and Russia (101m³ / ha). The average wealth of forests in Europe (excluding Russia) - amounting to 155m³ / ha - is similar to the average abundance in the forests of EU countries (154 m³ / ha). In Poland, the average wealth of forests is higher, at 254 m³ / ha (including land related to forest management).

14. Bibliography http://www.bdl.lasy.gov.pl/portal/lasy-na-swiecie-cd

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Anita Gryczkowska Klasa III TLB. Zespół Szkół Leśnych Im. Unii Europejskiej w Rucianem-Nida, Ruciane- Nida
Artur Szostek Klasa III TLB. Zespół Szkół Leśnych Im. Unii Europejskiej w Rucianem-Nida, Ruciane- Nida
Aleksander Jeżak Larsen Klasa III TLA. Zespół Szkół Leśnych Im. Unii Europejskiej w Rucianem-Nida, Ruciane- Nida