among the continents as follows: 35% in South America: The Amazon rainforest is mainly located in Brazil, which clears a larger area of forest annually than any other country in the world. 28% in North America, which harvests 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) of ancient forests every year. Many of the fragmented forests of southern Canada and the United States lack adequate animal travel corridors and functioning ecosystems for large mammals. Most of the remaining old-growth forests in the contiguous United States and Alaska are on public land. 19% in northern Asia, home to the largest boreal forest in the world 8% in Africa, which has lost most of its intact forest landscapes in the last 30 years. The timber industry and local governments are responsible for destroying huge areas of intact forest landscapes and continue to be the single largest threat to these areas. 7% in the South Asia–Pacific, where the Paradise Forests are being destroyed faster than any other forest on Earth. Much of the large, intact forest landscapes have already been cut down, 72% in Indonesia, and 60% in Papua New Guinea. Less than 3% in Europe, where more than 150 km2 (58 sq mi) of intact forest landscapes are cleared every year and the last areas of the region's intact forest lands