Chapter 11. Africa
Chapter 12. Africa: ecological zones
Chapter 13. North Africa
Chapter 14. West Africa
Chapter 15. Central Africa
Chapter 16. East Africa
Chapter 17. Southern Africa
Chapter 18. Africa - small islands
Chapter 19. Asia
Chapter 20. Asia: ecological zones
Chapter 21. West Asia
Chapter 22. Central Asia
Chapter 23. South Asia
Chapter 24. Southeast Asia
Chapter 25. East Asia
Chapter 26. Europe
Chapter 27. Europe: ecological zones
Chapter 28. Northern Europe
Chapter 29. Central Europe
Chapter 30. Southern Europe
Chapter 31. Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine
Chapter 32. North and Central America and the Caribbean
Chapter 33. North and Central America: ecological zones
Chapter 34. North America, excluding Mexico
Chapter 35. Central America and Mexico
Chapter 36. Caribbean
Chapter 37. Oceania
Chapter 38. Oceania: ecological zones
Chapter 39. Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 40. Other Oceania
Chapter 41. South America
Chapter 42. South America: ecological zones
Chapter 43. Tropical South America
Chapter 44. Non-tropical South America
Figure 11-1. Africa: subregional division used in this report
Africa (see Figure 11-1[27] and Table 11-1) contains about 650 million hectares of forests, corresponding to 17 percent of the world total. African forests amount to 0.85 ha per capita, which is close to the world average. Almost all forests are located in the tropical ecological domain, and Africa has about one-quarter of all tropical rain forests. Only 1 percent of the forest area is classified as forest plantations. The net change of forest area is the highest among the world's regions, with an annual net loss, based on country reports, estimated at -5.3 million hectares annually, corresponding to -0.78 percent annually.
Table 11-1. Africa: forest resources by subregion
|
Subregion
|
Land area |
Forest area 2000 |
Area change 1990-2000 (total forest) |
Volume and above-ground biomass (total forest) |
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|
Natural forest |
Forest plan-tation |
Total forest |
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|
ha |
ha |
ha |
ha |
% |
ha/ capita |
ha/ year |
% |
m3/ha |
t/ha |
|
|
Central Africa |
403 298 |
227 377 |
634 |
228 011 |
56.5 |
2.6 |
-852 |
-0.4 |
127 |
194 |
|
East Africa |
590 078 |
134 132 |
1 291 |
135 423 |
23.0 |
0.7 |
-1 357 |
-1.0 |
28 |
38 |
|
North Africa |
601 265 |
4 569 |
1 693 |
6 262 |
1.0 |
n.s. |
33 |
0.5 |
32 |
51 |
|
Southern Africa |
649 213 |
192 253 |
2 601 |
194 854 |
30.0 |
1.6 |
-1 741 |
-0.9 |
42 |
72 |
|
West Africa |
733 359 |
83 369 |
1 710 |
85 079 |
11.6 |
0.4 |
-1 351 |
-1.5 |
61 |
84 |
|
Africa - small islands |
1 181 |
130 |
107 |
237 |
20.1 |
0.1 |
4 |
1.9 |
88 |
121 |
|
Total Africa |
2 978 394 |
641 830 |
8 036 |
649 866 |
21.8 |
0.8 |
-5 262 |
-0.8 |
72 |
109 |
|
TOTAL WORLD |
13 063 900 |
3 682 722 |
186 733 |
3 869 455 |
29.6 |
0.6 |
-9 391 |
-0.2 |
100 |
109 |
Source: Appendix 3, Tables 3, 4, 6 and 7.
