Tropical Forest Plantation Areas

Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Forest Plantations Working Papers
TROPICAL FOREST PLANTATION AREAS
1995 DATA SET

Based on the work in 1997 of
D Pandey
Consultant

Edited by
M. Varmola and A. Del Lungo
May 2002

Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division
Forestry Department

Working Paper FP/18
FAO, Rome (Italy)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Objectives and scope of the study
1.2 Sources
1.3 Methodology

1.3.1 Reported gross forest plantation areas
1.3.2 Industrial forest plantation areas
1.3.3 Estimation of net area of forest plantations
1.3.4 Rate of annual planting
1.3.5 Species composition
1.3.6 Areas of non-forest species

1.4 Presentation

2 OVERVIEW OF FOREST PLANTATIONS

2.1 Annual planting rate
2.2 Estimated net forest plantation areas
2.3 Species composition
2.4 Reported area of non-forest species

3 DISTRIBUTION OF HARDWOOD PLANTATIONS

REFERENCES

COUNTRY-WISE SOURCES

Appendix 1. Reduction factors for estimating net areas of forest plantations

Appendix 2. Country-wise gross and net forest plantation areas

Appendix 3. Species-wise net areas of forest plantations

Appendix 4. Plantation areas of non forest species