Discover the countries with the largest forests in the world in 2025, from Russia to Brazil, and learn why their vast woodlands matter for the planet.

From Russia to the US, discover the world’s biggest forests by area and more about their fascinating history The total forest area in the world is 4.1 billion hectares, or 32 per cent. For context, ...

Peru is one of the countries with the largest tropical forest areas in the world. The tree cover extent of the country in 2020 was almost 76.5 million hectares which makes up almost 60% of its total ...

If you thought Russia is only about snow-covered mountains and cold places, then this will surprise you. Russia, by a huge margin, has the forest cover in the world! The country is home to frozen ...

Tongass National Forest encompasses 17 million acres and is home to bald eagles, salmon, and bears. Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a ...

Everyone’s heard about the wonders of California’s coastal redwood trees. They can live for hundreds, even one or two thousand years, all while enduring West Coast fires, storms and pests. But there’s ...

BRAZZAVILLE, June 1 (Reuters) - The rate of destruction of the world's three largest forests fell 25 percent this decade compared with the previous one, but remains alarmingly high in some countries, ...

The Lake County Forest Preserves Board approved two land purchases totaling nearly 90 acres Wednesday, expanding the county’s largest forest preserve and nearly doubling the size of its newest ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after it has burned nearly 3,000 acres of forest in the Iwate ...

A forest fire that has been burning in Wharton State Forest in Burlington County since the Fourth of July was started by fireworks, state officials said Sunday. The wildfire, which has grown to 4,000 ...