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Where do most of the world's trees grow?
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Timber has been exploited as a resource for thousands of years, first for heat, light, and as a building material and later as the raw material for paper. Gradually the area of natural forest has decreased; it once covered two thirds of the land and now covers only about one third. The main areas are the coniferous forests of Canada and northern Asia, and the tropical rain forests of South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Today, planted forests supply most of the World's timber products. | | Natural forest is being lost most quickly in South America. |
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