Forests cover some 3.9 billion hectares (or 9.6 billion acres) which is approximately 30% of the world's land surface. FAO estimates that around 13 million hectares of forests were converted to ...

This political map of the world depicts the extent of territories, both on land and at sea (submerged lands), which are under the control of all independent nations. The map incorporates Exclusive ...

Scientists used the remote sensing techniques to map 32,000 square kilometers (12,300 square miles) of land — an area around the same size as Belgium. They discovered a landscape formed by ...