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Table 2. Evolution of forests and arable lands in the Mediterranean, from 1965 to 1976 (in
Km 2 ) (Quezel, 1956).
FORESTS
ARABLE LANDS
1965
1976
%
1965
1976
%
Portugal
31650
36410
+ 15
43320
36000
- 16.9
Spain
131600
153 330
+ 16.5
207090
206590
- 0.2
France
119050
145760
22.4
210 670
187300
- 11.1
Italy
59840
63130
+ 5.5
154540
123480
- 19.1
Greece
24790
26180
+ 5.6
38000
38850
+ 3.0
Turkey
201 700
201000
0
257750
276990
+ 7.5
Syria
4460
4570
+ 2.7
65230
56720
- 13.1
Lebanon
920
780
- 15.2
2760
3480
+ 26.1
Tunisia
6740
5300
- 18.8
44060
44100
+ 0.1
Algeria
25490
24240
- 4.9
62610
71 100
+ 13.6
Morocco
53020
51640
- 2.1
70660
78300
+ 10.8