The region’s share of the world’s forests is one percentage point more than ten years ago: ECE Region forests have expanded while the total of those elsewhere has declined. Between 2000 and 2015, the region’s forest area has expanded by 28 million ha, with increases or stability in every region and every time period. It is possible that some of the “changes” may be due to non-comparability of data over time, but the general trend is clear. Two countries4 show a drop in area of forest and other wooded land of more than 5% over the 15 year period: Armenia (-12%) and Uzbekistan (-14%).