Decreasing forest cover around the world is changing seasonal patterns. Climatic conditions are becoming extreme due to incessant felling of trees for timber. Some places are very hot and some are very cold.
A major problem is that the forest cover around the world is highly imbalanced. Some have more forests and some less. Two-thirds of the world’s forests are in just 10 countries. Russia ranks first in forests with 8.2 million square kilometers.
With an area of 4.9 million square kilometers, Brazil has the second largest number of forests. Canada is the third largest with 3.5 million square kilometers. America is at the fourth place with 3.1 million square kilometers.
China ranks fifth with 2.1 million square kilometers of forests. With 1.5 million square kilometers, Congo is the sixth largest. With 1.3 million square kilometers of forests, Australia is the seventh largest.