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Today, forests cover nearly 30 percent of the land surface of Earth’s and growing on every continent except Antarctica. However, the total forestland in the world is slowly diminishing due to the conversion of forests to agricultural fields and housing. About one-third of the world’s coniferous forests and nearly half the total it was in the former Soviet Union.

Large coniferous boreal forest temperate forests are located in Canada and Russia, while the large temperate forests ciniferous be in southern United States, Southeast Asia and New Zealand. Deciduous forests grow in the world but concentrated mostly in temperate regions of North America, Europe and Asia. Large tropical forests are located near the equator in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. The United States underwent a period of expansion and development 1860-1910. During this difficult battle skills million acres of forestland removed and efforts were made to replant or regenerate the forest.