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Figure 16. — Will the area in forests increase or decrease? 



protection and wildlife habitat. There are also many areas of low com- 

 mercial productivity, the result of wasteful and careless lumbering followed 

 by fire. 



Distribution of foreign forests. — The Soviet Union has the most extensive 

 forests of any country. The British Empire, including Canada, ranks a 

 very close second. Each has more than one-fifth of the world's forests. 

 Brazil and the United States come next. These four countries together have 

 nearly two-thirds of the forest lands of the world (fig. 18). The remaining 

 one-third is shared by about 50 countries. Great Britain, France, Belgium, 

 and the Netherlands, which together have but 0.4 percent of the world's 

 forests, control more than 30 percent in their colonies and dependencies. 



Forest ownership in other countries. — The proportion of publicly owned 

 forests to the total forest areas of European countries varies from 100 percent 

 in The Soviet Union to about 20 percent in Great Britain and Ireland. In 

 Finland, Sweden, France, and Italy the publicly owned forests roughly 

 constitute about 30 percent of all the forest land. In Germany, forests are 

 about half publicly and half privately owned. In Asia most of the forest 

 land is in public ownership. 



In Canada about 90 percent of the forest is in public ownership and is under 

 supervision of foresters. 



Most European countries have well-organized forestry departments. 

 Russian forests are leased, with certain restrictions, to groups for manage- 

 ment. Germany, Finland, and Sweden have public regulation of privately 

 owned forest land. In France and Italy, the privately owned forests 

 important for watershed protection are under public regulation. Canada, 

 Great Britain, and Ireland have no public control over private timberlands. 

 In Japan, there is strict public control over both public and private forests. 



In South America, Brazil is exceptional in providing public aid to owners 



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