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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 31st December
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table shows forested land in millions of hectares in different parts of the world.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table compares the forest areas in six different regions around the globe in the years 1990, 2000 and 2005.
In general, Europe had the largest area of forest among the given places. Additionally, Asia and Europe were the only regions where the area of forest increased over the given period of time.
Starting at 989 million hectares in 1990, the area of forest in Europe continued to rise to 998 million in 2000, and to 1001 million in 2005. On the other hand, the figure for Oceania was lowest from 1990 and 2005, and remained relatively unchanged, at around 197 million hectares.
South America and Africa were the two regions where the amount of land covered with forest dropped considerably. While the figure for South America declined from 946 million to 882 million, that for Africa fell by nearly 50 million to only 691 million in 2005. The forest area in Asia, in spite of a decline in 2000, still recovered to 584 million hectares in 2005. Meanwhile, North America experienced a marginal drop in its forest area, from 708 million to 705 million.
