TABLE 4

FOREST MANAGEMENT, 2000

Country/area

Forest area,
2000 ('000 ha)

Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management (process)

Area under forest management plans

Forest in protected areas

Forest
area certified

'000 ha

% of total forest

Country report data

Global map data (%)

`000 ha

Scheme

'000 ha

%

Algeria

2 145

NE

597

27.8

-

-

6

-

-

Angola

69 756

DZAf/ATO

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

Benin

2 650

-

-

-

-

-

32

-

-

Botswana

12 427

DZAf

-

-

-

-

26

-

-

Burkina Faso

7 089

DZAf

694

9.8

-

-

11

-

-

Burundi

94

-

-

-

-

-

29

-

-

Cameroon

23 858

ATO

-

-

-

-

11

-

-

Cape Verde

85

DZAf

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Central African Republic

22 907

ATO

269*

n.ap.

-

-

15

-

-

Chad

12 692

DZAf

-

-

-

-

27

-

-

Comoros

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Congo

22 060

ATO

-

-

-

-

14

-

-

Côte d'Ivoire

7 117

ATO

1 387

19.5

-

-

10

-

-

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

135 207

ATO

-

-

-

-

9

-

-

Djibouti

6

NE/DZAf

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Egypt

72

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Equatorial Guinea

1 752

ATO

-

-

-

-

11

-

-

Eritrea

1 585

DZAf

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Ethiopia

4 593

DZAf

112

2.4

-

-

15

-

-

Gabon

21 826

ATO

-

-

-

-

16

-

-

Gambia

481

DZAf

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

Ghana

6 335

ATO

-

-

-

-

9

-

-

Guinea

6 929

-

112*

n.ap.

-

-

5

-

-

Guinea-Bissau

2 187

DZAf

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

Kenya

17 096

DZAf

120*

n.ap.

-

-

40

-

-

Lesotho

14

DZAf

n.s.

2.1

-

-

16

-

-

Liberia

3 481

ATO

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

358

NE

-

-

-

-

19

-

-

Madagascar

11 727

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

Malawi

2 562

DZAf

-

-

-

-

45

-

-

Mali

13 186

DZAf

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

Mauritania

317

NE/DZAf

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

Mauritius

16

DZAf

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Morocco

3 025

NE

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

Mozambique

30 601

DZAf

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

Namibia

8 040

DZAf

54*

n.ap.

-

-

5

54

FSC

Niger

1 328

DZAf

-

-

-

-

77

-

-

Nigeria

13 517

ATO

832*

n.ap.

-

-

7

-

-

Réunion

71

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rwanda

307

-

-

-

-

-

76

-

-

Saint Helena

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sao Tome and Principe

27

ATO

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Senegal

6 205

DZAf

-

-

-

-

16

-

-

Seychelles

30

DZAf

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sierra Leone

1 055

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

-

Somalia

7 515

NE/DZAf

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

South Africa

8 917

DZAf

828*

n.ap.

-

-

7

828

FSC

Sudan

61 627

NE/DZAf

-

-

-

-

10

-

-

Swaziland

522

DZAf

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

Togo

510

ITTO

12

2.4

-

-

14

-

-

Tunisia

510

NE

400

78.4

-

-

4

-

-

Uganda

4 190

DZAf

-

-

-

-

18

-

-

United Republic of Tanzania

38 811

DZAf/ATO

-

-

-

-

14

-

-

Western Sahara

152

-

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Zambia

31 246

DZAf

-

-

-

-

24

-

-

Zimbabwe

19 040

DZAf

92*

n.ap.

-

-

12

92

FSC

Total Africa

649 866

974

Afghanistan

1 351

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Armenia

351

-

351

100.0

107

31

5

-

-

Azerbaijan

1 094

NE

1 094

100.0

1 094

100

7

-

-

Bahrain

n.s.

NE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bangladesh

1 334

DFAs

1 334

100.0

-

-

14

-

-

Bhutan

3 016

DFAs

699

23.2

-

-

25

-

-

Brunei Darussalam

442

-

-

-

-

-

22

-

-

Cambodia

9 335

ITTO

-

-

-

-

24

-

-

China

163 480

MON/DFAs/

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

ITTO

Cyprus

172

NE

172

100.0

172

100

37

-

-

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

8 210

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

East Timor

507

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

Gaza Strip

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Georgia

2 988

EUR

2 438

81.6

111

4

3

-

-

India

64 113

DFAs/ITTO

46 159

72.0

-

-

8

-

-

Indonesia

104 986

ITTO

72*

n.ap.

-

-

16

72

FSC

Iran, Islamic Rep.

7 299

NE

-

-

-

-

12

-

-

Iraq

799

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Israel

132

-

132

100.0

-

-

63

-

-

Japan

24 081

MON

24 081

100.0

1 758

7

8

3

FSC

Jordan

86

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Kazakhstan

12 148

-

12 148

100.0

12 148

100

11

-

-

Kuwait

5

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Kyrgyzstan

1 003

NE

1 003

100.0

866

86

10

-

-

Lao People's Dem. Rep

12 561

-

-

-

-

-

20

-

-

Lebanon

36

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Malaysia

19 292

ITTO

14 020

72.7

-

-

9

55

FSC

Maldives

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mongolia

10 645

DFAs

-

-

-

-

11

-

-

Myanmar

34 419

DFAs/ITTO

-

-

-

-

5

-

-

Nepal

3 900

DFAs

1 010

25.9

-

-

9

-

-

Oman

1

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Pakistan

2 361

NE

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

Philippines

5 789

ITTO

6 935

119.8

-

-

7

15

FSC

Qatar

1

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Republic of Korea

6 248

MON

4 096

65.6

-

-

4

-

-

Saudi Arabia

1 504

NE

-

-

-

-

9

-

-

Singapore

2

-

2

100.0

-

-

-

-

-

Sri Lanka

1 940

DFAs

1 940

100.0

-

-

18

13

FSC

Syrian Arab Republic

461

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Tajikistan

400

NE

400

100.0

400

100

1

-

-

Thailand

14 762

DFAs/ITTO

-

-

-

-

23

-

-

Turkey

10 225

NE/EUR

9 954

97.3

194

2

2

-

-

Turkmenistan

3 755

NE

3 755

100.0

113

3

13

-

-

United Arab Emirates

321

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Uzbekistan

1 969

-

1 969

100.0

1 888

96

30

-

-

Viet Nam

9 819

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

-

West Bank

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Yemen

449

NE

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Total Asia

547 793

158

Albania

991

EUR

406

41.0

137

14

2

-

-

Andorra

-

EUR

n.a.

n.a.

-

-

-

-

-

Austria

3 886

EUR

3 886

100.0

785

20

22

550

PEFC

Belarus

9 402

EUR

7 577

80.6

856

9

10

-

-

Belgium and Luxembourg

728

EUR & EUR

656

90.1

179

25

30

4

FSC

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2 273

EUR

2 007

88.3

-

-

1

-

-

Bulgaria

3 690

EUR

3 690

100.0

1 391

38

8

-

-

Croatia

1 783

EUR

1 531

85.9

414

23

8

167

FSC

Czech Republic

2 632

EUR

2 632

100.0

647

25

28

10

FSC

Denmark

455

EUR

455

100.0

93

21

9

n.s.

FSC

Estonia

2 060

EUR

1 125

54.6

187

9

21

-

-

Finland

21 935

EUR

21 900

99.8

2 391

11

7

21 900

PEFC

France

15 341

EUR

15 341

100.0

2 746

18

17

1

FSC

Germany

10 740

EUR

10 740

100.0

7 207

67

29

3 242

PEFC/FSC

Greece

3 599

EUR

2 009

55.8

1 047

29

4

-

-

Hungary

1 840

EUR

1 840

100.0

368

20

16

-

-

Iceland

31

EUR

13

41.9

2

7

7

-

-

Ireland

659

EUR

551

83.6

7

1

5

-

-

Italy

10 003

EUR

1 117

11.2

1 881

19

11

11

FSC

Latvia

2 923

EUR

2 923

100.0

476

16

15

-

-

Liechtenstein

7

EUR

7

100.0

2

22

-

-

-

Lithuania

1 994

EUR

1 938

97.2

297

15

10

-

-

Malta

n.s.

NE

n.s.

100.0

n.s.

10

-

-

-

Netherlands

375

EUR

375

100.0

89

24

9

69

FSC

Norway

8 868

EUR

7 147

80.6

2 297

26

1

5 600

PEFC

Poland

9 047

EUR

9 047

100.0

1 420

16

16

2 743

FSC

Portugal

3 666

EUR

1 201

32.8

634

17

8

-

-

Republic of Moldova

325

EUR

325

100.0

-

-

4

-

-

Romania

6 448

EUR

6 448

100.0

477

7

4

-

-

Russian Federation

851 392

MON/EUR

851 392

100.0

25 542

3

3

33

FSC

San Marino

-

EUR

n.a.

n.a.

-

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

2 177

EUR

1 988

91.3

897

41

29

-

-

Slovenia

1 107

EUR

1 107

100.0

80

7

6

-

-

Spain

14 370

EUR

11 694

81.4

3 420

24

17

-

-

Sweden

27 134

EUR

27 134

100.0

-

-

8

11 167

FSC/PEFC

Switzerland

1 199

EUR

1 153

96.2

43

4

12

49

FSC

The FYR of Macedonia

906

-

906

100.0

-

-

5

-

-

Ukraine

9 584

EUR

9 584

100.0

987

10

6

203

FSC

United Kingdom

2 794

EUR

2 319

83.0

897

32

23

958

FSC

Yugoslavia

2 887

EUR

2 723

94.3

2 887

100

6

-

-

Total Europe

1 039 251

46 708

Antigua and Barbuda

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bahamas

842

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

Barbados

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belize

1 348

LEP

1 000

74.2

-

-

37

96

FSC

Bermuda

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

British Virgin Islands

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Canada

244 571

MON

173 400

70.9

19 321

8

5

4 360

FSC/CSA/SFI

Cayman Islands

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Costa Rica

1 968

LEP

116*

n.ap.

-

-

36

41

FSC

Cuba

2 348

-

730

31.1

-

-

25

-

-

Dominica

46

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dominican Republic

1 376

-

152

11.0

-

-

15

-

-

El Salvador

121

LEP

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

Greenland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Grenada

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guadeloupe

82

-

28*

n.ap.

-

-

-

-

-

Guatemala

2 850

LEP

54

1.9

-

-

35

100

FSC

Haiti

88

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

Honduras

5 383

LEP

821

15.3

-

-

5

20

FSC

Jamaica

325

-

44

13.5

-

-

11

-

-

Martinique

47

-

10

21.3

-

-

-

-

-

Mexico

55 205

MON

7 100

12.9

-

-

4

169

FSC

Montserrat

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Netherlands Antilles

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nicaragua

3 278

LEP

236

7.2

-

-

23

-

-

Panama

2 876

LEP

20*

n.ap.

-

-

35

1

FSC

Puerto Rico

229

-

57

24.9

-

-

5

-

-

Saint Kitts and Nevis

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Lucia

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

-

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Trinidad and Tobago

259

ITTO

120

46.3

-

-

-

-

-

United States

225 993

MON

125 707

55.6

66 668

30

40

26 129

FSC/SFI/ATFP/GT

United States Virgin Islands

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total North and

Central America

549 304

30 916

American Samoa

12

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Australia

154 539

MON

154 539

100.0

23 335

15

13

-

-

Cook Islands

22

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fiji

815

ITTO

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

French Polynesia

105

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guam

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kiribati

28

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Marshall Islands

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Micronesia

15

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nauru

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

New Caledonia

372

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

New Zealand

7 946

MON

6 912

87.0

1 661

21

3

363

FSC

Niue

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Northern Mariana Islands

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Palau

35

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Papua New Guinea

30 601

ITTO

5 341

17.5

-

-

9

4

FSC

Samoa

105

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Solomon Islands

2 536

-

43*

n.ap.

-

-

0

43

FSC

Tonga

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Vanuatu

447

ITTO

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

Total Oceania

197 623

410

Argentina

34 648

MON

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

Bolivia

53 068

TARA

6 900

13.0

-

-

31

885

FSC

Brazil

543 905

TARA

4 000

0.7

-

-

17

666

FSC

Chile

15 536

MON

-

-

-

-

14

-

-

Colombia

49 601

TARA

85

0.2

-

-

24

-

-

Ecuador

10 557

TARA

14

0.1

-

-

20

-

-

Falkland Islands

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

French Guiana

7 926

-

400

5.0

-

-

7

-

-

Guyana

16 879

TARA

4 200

24.9

-

-

1

-

-

Paraguay

23 372

-

3 000

12.8

-

-

5

-

-

Peru

65 215

TARA

1 573

2.4

-

-

10

-

-

Suriname

14 113

TARA

1 568

11.1

-

-

4

-

-

Uruguay

1 292

MON

99

7.7

-

-

5

-

-

Venezuela

49 506

TARA

3 970

8.0

-

-

66

-

-

Total South America

885 618

1 551

TOTAL WORLD

3 869 455

80 717

Note: The regional breakdown reflects geographic rather than economic or political groupings.