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Appendix II-a: AreaChangeFRA1990 and AreaChangeFRA2000 for all Countries

Country

FRA 1990 Figures

FRA 2000 Figures

Difference in annual change

000 ha

Total forest 1980

000 ha

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Forest area change

1980-1990

Annual change

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Total forest 2000

000 ha

Forest area change

1990-2000

Annual change

 

000 ha

%

000 ha

%

North Africa

                 

Algeria

2,236

2,039

-19.7

-1.0

1,879

2,145

27

1.30

46.7

Egypt

28

34

0.6

1.8

52

72

2

3.30

1.4

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

290

400

11

2.8

311

358

5

1.40

-6.0

Morocco *

4,028

3,864

-16.4

-0.4

3,037

3,025

-1

-

-

Tunisia

517

569

5.2

0.9

499

510

1

0.20

-4.2

Western Sahara *

-

-

-

-

152

152

0

0

-

West Africa

                 

Benin

5,655

4,961

-69.4

-1.4

3,349

2,650

-70

-2.30

-0.6

Burkina Faso

4,127

4,436

30.9

0.7

7,241

7,089

-15

-0.20

-45.9

Chad

12,326

11,438

-88.8

-0.8

13,509

12,692

-82

-0.60

6.8

Côte d'Ivoire

12,125

10,967

-115.8

-1.1

9,766

7,117

-265

-3.10

-149.2

Gambia

108

98

-1

-1.0

436

481

4

1.00

5.0

Ghana

10,977

9,608

-136.9

-1.4

7,535

6,335

-120

-1.70

16.9

Guinea-Bissau

2,182

2,022

-16

-0.8

2,403

2,187

-22

-0.90

-6.0

Guinea

7,565

6,696

-86.9

-1.3

7,276

6,929

-35

-0.50

51.9

Liberia

4,888

4,639

-24.9

-0.5

4,241

3,481

-76

-2.00

-51.1

Mali

13,205

12,158

-104.7

-0.9

14,179

13,186

-99

-0.70

5.7

Mauritania

554

556

0.2

0.0

415

317

-10

-2.70

-10.2

Niger

2,554

2,562

0.8

0.0

1,945

1,328

-62

-3.70

-62.8

Nigeria

16,938

15,785

-115.3

-0.7

17,501

13,517

-398

-2.60

-282.7

Senegal

8,073

7,656

-41.7

-0.5

6,655

6,205

-45

-0.70

-3.3

Sierra Leone

2,013

1,895

-11.8

-0.6

1,416

1,055

-36

-2.90

-24.2

Togo

1,578

1,370

-20.8

-1.5

719

510

-21

-3.40

-0.2

East Africa

                 

Djibouti

22

22

0

0.0

6

6

0

0.00

0.0

Eritrea *

-

-

-

-

1,639

1,585

-5

-0.30

-5.0

Ethiopia *

14,624

14,354

-27

-0.2

4,996

4,593

-40

-0.80

-13.0

Kenya

1,359

1,305

-5.4

-0.4

18,027

17,096

-93

-0.50

-87.6

Somalia

788

758

-3

-0.4

8,284

7,515

-77

-1.00

-74.0

Sudan

47,911

43,179

-473.2

-1.1

71,216

61,627

-959

-1.40

-485.8

Uganda

7,016

6,366

-65

-1.0

5,103

4,190

-91

-2.00

-26.0

United Republic of Tanzania

38,003

33,709

-429.4

-1.3

39,724

38,811

-91

-0.20

338.4

Central Africa

                 

Burundi

256

325

6.9

2.1

241

94

-15

-9.00

-21.9

Cameroon

21,574

20,366

-120.8

-0.6

26,076

23,858

-222

-0.90

-101.2

Central African Republic

31,857

30,568

-128.94

-0.4

23,207

22,907

-30

-0.10

98.9

Congo

20,197

19,902

-29.5

-0.1

22,235

22,060

-17

-0.10

12.5

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

120,611

113,317

-729.4

-0.6

140,531

135,207

-532

-0.40

197.4

Equatorial Guinea

1,899

1,829

-7

-0.4

1,858

1,752

-11

-0.60

-4.0

Gabon

19,408

18,256

-115.2

-0.6

21,927

21,826

-10

0.00

105.2

Rwanda

209

252

4.3

1.7

457

307

-15

-3.90

-19.3

Country

FRA 1990 Figures

FRA 2000 Figures

Difference in annual change

000 ha

Total forest 1980

000 ha

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Forest area change

1980-1990

Annual change

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Total forest 2000

000 ha

Forest area change

1990-2000

Annual change

 

000 ha

%

000 ha

%

Southern Africa

                 

Angola

24,924

23,194

-173

-0.7

70,998

69,756

-124

-0.20

49.0

Botswana

15,032

14,262

-77

-0.5

13,611

12,427

-118

-0.90

-41.0

Lesotho

1

7

0.6

8.6

14

14

0

0.00

-0.6

Madagascar

17,318

15,999

-131.9

-0.8

12,901

11,727

-117

-0.90

14.9

Malawi

4,072

3,612

-46

-1.3

3,269

2,562

-71

-2.40

-25.0

Mozambique

18,697

17,357

-134

-0.8

31,238

30,601

-64

-0.20

70.0

Namibia

12,999

12,569

-43

-0.3

8,774

8,040

-73

-0.90

-30.0

South Africa

8,683

8,208

-47.5

-0.6

8,997

8,917

-8

-0.10

39.5

Swaziland

145

146

0.1

0.1

464

522

6

1.20

5.9

Zambia

35,958

32,349

-360.9

-1.1

39,755

31,246

-851

-2.40

-490.1

Zimbabwe

9,577

8,981

-59.6

-0.7

22,239

19,040

-320

-1.50

-260.4

Insular Africa

                 

Cape Verde

9

16

0.7

4.4

35

85

5

9.30

4.3

Comoros

21

11

-1

-9.1

12

8

0

-4.30

1.0

Mauritius

11

12

0.1

0.8

17

16

0

-0.60

-0.1

Réunion

99

100

0.1

0.1

76

71

-1

-0.80

-1.1

Saint Helena

1

1

0

0.0

2

2

0

0.00

0.0

Sao Tome and Principe **

-

-

-

-

27

27

0

0.00

-

Seychelles

4

4

0

0.0

30

30

0

0.00

0.0

West Asia

                 

Afghanistan

1,199

1,199

0

0.0

1,351

1,351

0

n.s

0.0

Armenia *

-

-

-

-

309

351

4

1.30

4.0

Azerbaijan *

-

-

-

-

964

1,094

13

1.30

13.0

Bahrain

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

14.90

0.0

Cyprus

138

140

0.2

0.1

119

172

5

3.70

4.8

Gaza Strip

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Georgia *

-

-

-

-

2,988

2,988

0

n.s

0.0

Iran, Islamic Rep.

2,018

1,737

-28.1

-1.6

7,299

7,299

0

n.s

28.1

Iraq

83

83

0

0.0

799

799

0

n.s

0.0

Israel

n.a

102

n.a

n.a

82

132

5

4.90

5.0

Jordan

53

51

-0.2

-0.4

86

86

0

n.s

0.2

Kuwait

0

5

0.5

10.0

3

5

0

3.50

-0.5

Lebanon

88

78

-1

-1.3

37

36

0

-0.40

1.0

Oman

0

0

0

-

1

1

0

5.30

0.0

Qatar

0

0

0

-

n.s.

1

0

9.60

0.0

Saudi Arabia

252

202

-5

-2.5

1,504

1,504

0

n.s

5.0

Syrian Arab Republic

196

245

4.9

2.0

461

461

0

n.s

-4.9

Turkey

8,825

8,856

3.1

0.0

10,005

10,225

22

0.20

18.9

United Arab Emirates

1

60

5.9

9.8

243

321

8

2.80

2.1

West Bank

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Yemen

9

9

0

0.0

541

449

-9

-1.90

-9.0

Country

FRA 1990 Figures

FRA 2000 Figures

Difference in annual change

000 ha

Total forest 1980

000 ha

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Forest area change

1980-1990

Annual change

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Total forest 2000

000 ha

Forest area change

1990-2000

Annual change

 

000 ha

%

000 ha

%

Central Asia

                 

Kazakhstan *

-

-

-

-

9,758

12,148

239

2.20

-

Kyrgyzstan *

-

-

-

-

775

1,003

23

2.60

-

Mongolia

9,406

9,406

0

0.0

11,245

10,645

-60

-0.50

-60.0

Tajikistan *

-

-

-

-

380

400

2

0.50

-

Turkmenistan *

-

-

-

-

3,755

3,755

0

n.s

-

Uzbekistan *

-

-

-

-

1,923

1,969

5

0.20

-

South Asia

                 

Bangladesh

1,261

1,004

-25.7

-2.6

1,169

1,334

17

1.30

42.7

Bhutan

2,971

2,813

-15.8

-0.6

3,016

3,016

0

n.s

15.8

India

58,259

64,959

670

1.0

63,732

64,113

38

0.10

-632.0

Maldives **

-

-

-

-

1

1

0

n.s

-

Nepal

5,576

5,079

-49.7

-1.0

4,683

3,900

-78

-1.80

-28.3

Pakistan

2,751

2,023

-72.8

-3.6

2,755

2,361

-39

-1.50

33.8

Sri Lanka

2,095

1,885

-21

-1.1

2,288

1,940

-35

-1.60

-14.0

East Asia

                 

China

126,401

133,799

739.8

0.6

145,417

163,480

1,806

1.20

1,066.2

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

5,400

6,170

77

1.2

8,210

8,210

0

n.s

-77.0

Japan

24,206

24,158

-4.8

0.0

24,047

24,081

3

n.s

7.8

Republic of Korea

6,301

6,291

-1

0.0

6,299

6,248

-5

-0.10

-4.0

South East Asia

                 

Brunei Darussalam

478

458

-2

-0.4

452

442

-1

-0.20

1.0

Cambodia

13,480

12,170

-131

-1.1

9,896

9,335

-56

-0.60

75.0

East Timor *

-

-

-

-

541

507

-3

-0.60

-

Indonesia *

124,476

115,674

-880.2

-0.8

118,110

104,986

-1,312

-1.20

-

Lao People's Dem. Rep

14,466

13,177

-128.9

-1.0

13,088

12,561

-53

-0.40

75.9

Malaysia

21,561

17,664

-389.7

-2.2

21,661

19,292

-237

-1.20

152.7

Myanmar

32,905

29,091

-381.4

-1.3

39,588

34,419

-517

-1.40

-135.6

Philippines

11,194

8,034

-316

-3.9

6,676

5,789

-89

-1.40

227.0

Singapore

4

4

0

0.0

2

2

n.s

n.s

0.0

Thailand

18,120

13,264

-485.6

-3.7

15,886

14,762

-112

-0.70

373.6

Viet Nam

10,662

9,782

-88

-0.9

9,303

9,819

52

0.50

140.0

Australia & New Zealand

                 

Australia

39,831

39,837

0.6

0.0

157,359

154,539

-282

-0.20

-282.6

New Zealand

n.a

7,472

n.a

n.a

7,556

7,946

39

0.50

39.0

Country

FRA 1990 Figures

FRA 2000 Figures

Difference in annual change

000 ha

Total forest 1980

000 ha

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Forest area change

1980-1990

Annual change

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Total forest 2000

000 ha

Forest area change

1990-2000

Annual change

 

000 ha

%

000 ha

%

Other Oceania

                 

American Samoa

0

0

0

-

12

12

0

n.s

0.0

Cook Islands **

-

-

-

-

22

22

0

n.s

 

Fiji

853

853

0

0.0

832

815

-2

-0.20

-2.0

French Polynesia

0

0

0

-

105

105

0

n.s

0.0

Guam

0

0

0

-

21

21

0

n.s

0.0

Kiribati

0

0

0

-

28

28

0

n.s

0.0

Marshall Islands **

-

-

-

-

n.s.

n.s.

0

n.s

 

Micronesia **

-

-

-

-

24

15

-1

-4.50

 

Nauru **

-

-

-

-

n.s.

n.s.

0

n.s

 

New Caledonia

716

710

-0.6

-0.1

372

372

0

n.s

0.6

Niue

0

0

0

-

6

6

0

n.s

0.0

Northern Mariana Isl. **

-

-

-

-

14

14

0

n.s

 

Palau **

-

-

-

-

35

35

0

n.s

 

Papua New Guinea

37,145

36,030

-111.5

-0.3

31,730

30,601

-113

-0.40

-1.5

Samoa

148

133

-1.5

-1.1

130

105

-3

-2.10

-1.5

Solomon Islands

2,457

2,410

-4.7

-0.2

2,580

2,536

-4

-0.20

0.7

Tonga

0

0

0

-

4

4

0

n.s

0.0

Vanuatu

885

809

-7.6

-0.9

441

447

1

0.10

8.6

Northern Europe

                 

Estonia *

-

-

-

-

1,935

2,060

13

0.60

-

Finland

20,057

20,112

5.5

0.0

21,855

21,935

8

n.s

2.5

Iceland

0

0

0

n.a

25

31

1

2.20

1.0

Latvia *

-

-

-

-

2,796

2,923

13

0.40

-

Lithuania *

-

-

-

-

1,946

1,994

5

0.20

-

Norway

8,697

8,697

0

n.a

8,558

8,868

31

0.40

31.0

Sweden

24,437

24,437

0

n.s

27,128

27,134

1

n.s

1.0

Greenland **

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Central Europe

                 

Austria

3,735

3,877

14.2

0.4

3,809

3,886

8

0.20

-6.2

Belgium *

601

620

1.9

0.3

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium & Luxembourg *

-

-

-

-

741

728

-1

-0.20

-

Luxembourg *

84

85

0.1

0.1

-

-

-

-

-

Czechoslovakia *

4,471

4,491

2

0.0

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic *

-

-

-

-

2,627

2,632

1

n.s

-

Denmark

456

466

1

0.2

445

455

1

0.20

0.0

France

13,030

13,110

8

0.1

14,725

15,341

62

0.40

54.0

Germany

10,021

10,490

46.9

0.4

10,740

10,740

n.s

n.s

-46.9

Ireland

348

396

4.8

1.2

489

659

17

3.00

12.2

Hungary

1,593

1,675

8.2

0.5

1,768

1,840

7

0.40

-1.2

Liechtenstein **

-

-

-

-

6

7

n.s

1.20

-

Netherlands

324

334

1

0.3

365

375

1

0.30

0.0

Poland

8,622

8,672

5

0.1

8,872

9,047

18

0.20

13.0

Slovakia *

-

-

-

-

1,997

2,177

18

0.90

-

Switzerland

1,064

1,130

6.6

0.6

1,156

1,199

4

0.40

-2.6

United Kingdom

1,965

2,207

24.2

1.1

2,624

2,794

17

0.60

-7.2

Country

FRA 1990 Figures

FRA 2000 Figures

Difference in annual change

000 ha

Total forest 1980

000 ha

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Forest area change

1980-1990

Annual change

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Total forest 2000

000 ha

Forest area change

1990-2000

Annual change

 

000 ha

%

000 ha

%

Southern Europe

                 

Albania

1,045

1,046

0.1

0.0

1,069

991

-8

-0.80

-8.1

Andorra **

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bosnia & Herzegovina *

-

-

-

-

2,273

2,273

n.s

n.s

-

Bulgaria

3,308

3,386

7.8

0.2

3,486

3,690

20

0.60

12.2

Croatia *

-

-

-

-

1,763

1,783

2

0.10

-

Greece

2,503

2,512

0.9

0.0

3,299

3,599

30

0.90

29.1

Italy

n.a

6,750

n.a

n.a

9,708

10,003

30

0.30

30.0

Malta **

-

-

-

-

n.s.

n.s.

n.s

n.s

-

Portugal

2,617

2,755

13.8

0.5

3,096

3,666

57

1.70

43.2

Romania

6,188

6,190

0.2

0.0

6,301

6,448

15

0.20

14.8

San Marino **

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovenia

-

-

-

-

1,085

1,107

2

0.20

2.0

Spain

8,379

8,388

0.9

0.0

13,510

14,370

86

0.60

85.1

The FYR of Macedonia *

-

-

-

-

906

906

n.s

n.s

-

Yugoslavia *

-

-

-

-

2,901

2,887

-1

-0.10

-

Former Yugoslavia, SFR *

8,026

8,371

34.5

0.4

-

-

-

-

-

Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine

                 

Belarus

5,743

6,016

27.3

0.5

6,840

9,402

256

3.20

228.7

Republic of Moldova *

-

-

-

-

318

325

1

0.20

-

Russian Federation *

-

-

-

-

850,039

851,392

135

n.s

-

Other Former USSR *

739,729

739,729

n.a

n.a.

-

-

-

-

-

Ukraine

8,973

9,213

24

0.3

9,274

9,584

31

0.30

7.0

North America excl. Mexico

                 

Canada

247,164

247,164

n.s

n.s

244,571

244,571

n.s

n.s

0

United States

212,738

209,573

-316.5

-0.2

222,113

225,993

388

0.20

704.5

Central America & Mexico

                 

Belize

2,048

1,998

-5

-0.3

1,704

1,348

-36

-2.30

-31.0

Costa Rica

1,930

1,456

-47.4

-3.3

2,126

1,968

-16

-0.80

31.4

El Salvador

154

127

-2.7

-2.1

193

121

-7

-4.60

-4.3

Guatemala

5,045

4,253

-79.2

-1.9

3,387

2,850

-54

-1.70

25.2

Honduras

5,725

4,608

-111.7

-2.4

5,972

5,383

-59

-1.00

52.7

Mexico

55,422

48,695

-672.7

-1.4

61,511

55,205

-631

-1.10

41.7

Nicaragua

7,254

6,027

-122.7

-2.0

4,450

3,278

-117

-3.00

5.7

Panama

3,759

3,123

-63.6

-2.0

3,395

2,876

-52

-1.60

11.6

Country

FRA 1990 Figures

FRA 2000 Figures

Difference in annual change

000 ha

Total forest 1980

000 ha

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Forest area change

1980-1990

Annual change

Total forest 1990

000 ha

Total forest 2000

000 ha

Forest area change

1990-2000

Annual change

 

000 ha

%

000 ha

%

Caribbean

                 

Antigua and Barbuda

10

10

0

0.0

9

9

n.s

n.s

0.0

Bahamas

226

186

-4

-2.2

842

842

n.s

n.s

4.0

Barbados

0

0

0

-

2

2

n.s

n.s

0.0

Bermuda

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

British Virgin Islands

3

3

0

0.0

3

3

n.s

n.s

0.0

Cayman Islands

0

0

0

-

13

13

n.s

n.s

0.0

Cuba

1,995

1,960

-3.5

-0.2

2,071

2,348

28

1.30

31.5

Dominica

44

44

0

0.0

50

46

n.s

-0.70

0.0

Dominican Republic

1,431

1,084

-34.7

-3.2

1,376

1,376

n.s

n.s

34.7

Grenada

6

6

0

0.0

5

5

n.s

0.90

0.0

Guadeloupe

93

93

0

0.0

67

82

2

2.10

2.0

Haiti

43

31

-1.2

-3.9

158

88

-7

-5.70

-5.8

Jamaica

518

254

-26.4

-10.4

379

325

-5

-1.50

21.4

Martinique

43

43

0

0.0

47

47

n.s

n.s

0.0

Montserrat

3

3

0

0.0

3

3

n.s

n.s

0.0

Netherlands Antilles

0

0

0

-

1

1

n.s

n.s

0.0

Puerto Rico

283

324

4.1

1.3

234

229

-1

-0.20

-5.1

Saint Kitts and Nevis

13

13

0

0.0

4

4

n.s

-0.60

0.0

Saint Lucia

5

5

0

0.0

14

9

-1

-4.90

-1.0

Saint Pierre & Miquelon **

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

11

11

0

0.0

7

6

n.s

-1.40

0.0

Trinidad and Tobago

207

168

-3.9

-2.3

281

259

-2

-0.80

1.9

US Virgin Islands

14

14

0

0.0

14

14

n.s

n.s

0.0

Tropical South America

                 

Bolivia

55,585

49,345

-624

-1.3

54,679

53,068

-161

-0.30

463.0

Brazil

600,763

566,007

-3475.6

-0.6

566,998

543,905

-2,309

-0.40

1,166.6

Colombia

57,771

54,190

-358.1

-0.7

51,506

49,601

-190

-0.40

168.1

Ecuador

14,372

12,007

-236.5

-2.0

11,929

10,557

-137

-1.20

99.5

French Guiana

7,997

7,997

0

0.0

7,926

7,926

n.s

n.s

0.0

Guyana

18,596

18,424

-17.2

-0.1

17,365

16,879

-49

-0.30

-31.8

Paraguay

16,891

12,868

-402.3

-3.1

24,602

23,372

-123

-0.50

279.3

Peru

70,712

68,090

-262.2

-0.4

67,903

65,215

-269

-0.40

-6.8

Suriname

14,904

14,776

-12.8

-0.1

14,113

14,113

n.s

n.s

12.8

Venezuela

51,767

45,943

-582.4

-1.3

51,681

49,506

-218

-0.40

364.4

Non-Tropical South America

                 

Argentina

36,530

34,436

-209.4

-0.6

37,499

34,648

-285

-0.80

-75.6

Chile

8,088

8,033

-5.5

-0.1

15,739

15,536

-20

-0.10

-14.5

Falkland Islands **

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Uruguay

803

813

1

0.1

791

1,292

50

5.00

49.0

                   

Total world

3,550,407

3,442,375

-13,105

-0.38

3,963,429

3,869,455

-9,391

-0.24

3,718

* Countries that have experienced change of national boundaries between FRA 1990 and FRA 2000, please refer to table b below.

** Countries that were not encompassed by FRA1990 hence no comparison possible

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