What is the role of forests on Earth and which animal is the fastest on the planet? Specialists of Zakamskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan told pupils of the 4th grade of secondary school No. 21 about the world, its diversity and records. “Forests occupy about a third of the land, which is about 40 million square km, and only 7% of them are planted by man”, ecologists noted.