Deforestation is a major concern globally, and total forest area
has decreased over the 1990–2015 period (Table 1). Planted forests
play a role in offsetting the pressure and negative impacts on nat-
ural forests. Analysis of total global area and the relationship
between natural and planted forest area shows that the decrease
in natural forest area is offset by the increase in planted forest area
to an increasing degree with time. Planted forests increased from
4.1% to 7.0% of the total forest area over the period, or 1.29% to
2.14% of total land area1
(Fig. 4). Also of interest was the species