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Table 4

Annual changes in forest and other wooded land area in the developed countries 1980-90


Country

Forest and other woooded land


Status

Annual change 1980-90 1


1 000 ha

1 000 ha

%


Finland

23 373

5.5

0.02

Norway

9 565

n.a.

n.a.

Sweden

28 015

n.a.

n.a.

Nordics

60 953

5.5

0.02

Belgium

620

1.9

0.31

Denmark

466

1.0

0.22

Iceland

123

n.a.

n.a.

Ireland

429

4.8

1.19

Netherlands

334

1.0

0.30

United Kingdom

2 380

24.2

1.08

North Western Europe

4 352

32.9

0.81

Austria

3 877

14.2

0.37

Former Czechoslovakia

4 491

2.0

0.04

France

14 154

8.0

0.06

Germany

10 735

46.9

0.45

Luxembourg

88

0.1

0.06

Poland

8 672

5.0

0.06

Switzerland

1 186

6.6

0.57

Central Eastern Europe

43 203

82.8

0.19

Albania

1 449

0.1

0.01

Bulgaria

3 683

7.8

0.21

Cyprus

280

0.2

0.07

Greece

6 032

0.9

0.02

Hungary

1 675

8.2

0.50

Israel

124

n.a.

n.a.

Italy

8 550

n.a.

n.a.

Romania

6 265

0.2

0.00

Turkey

20 199

3.1

0.02

Former Yugoslavia, SFR

9 454

34.5

0.37

South East Europe

57 711

55.0

0.11

Portugal

3 102

13.8

0.46

Spain

25 622

0.9

0.00

Iberia

28 724

14.7

0.05


Europe

194 943

190.8

0.13


Belarus

6 256

27.3

0.45

Other former USSR

926 035

n.a.

n.a.

Ukraine

9 239

24.0

0.26


Former USSR

941 530

51.3

0.01


Canada

453 300

n.a.

n.a.

USA

295 989

316.5

0.11


North America

749 289

316.5

0.11


Australia

145 613

0.6

0.00

Japan

24 718

4.8

0.02

New Zealand

7 472

n.a.

n.a.


Developed Asia/Oceania

177 803

4.2

0.00


TOTAL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

2 063 565

78.6

0.01


1 Estimates of area change are not available for the main part of the former USSR. Estimates for the former USSR in regional and world tables include only Belarus and Ukraine
Table 4

Annual changes in forest and other wooded land area in the developing countries 1980-90


Country

Forest and other woooded land

Natural forest


Plantations


Status

Annual change 1980-90

Status

An. change

Status

An. change

1 000 ha

1 000 ha

%


1 000 ha


1 000 ha


AFRICA
Burkina Faso

13 813

4 416

-32

20

1.1

Cape Verde

78

6

0

10

0.7

Chad

32 450

11 434

-89

4

0.2

Gambia

286

97

-1

1

_

GuineaBissau

2 162

2 021

-16

1

_

Mali

28 791

12 144

-106

14

1.3

Mauritania

4 536

554

0

2

0.2

Niger

10 442

2 550

0

12

0.8

Senegal

13 400

7 544

-52

112

10.3

West Sahelian Africa

105 956

297

0.3

40 766

-295

175

14.6

Djibouti

1 320

22

0

0

_

Ethiopia, former PDR

41 991

14 165

-39

189

12.0

Kenya

16 816

1 187

-7

118

1.6

Somalia

15 945

754

-3

4

_

Sudan

68 955

42 976

-482

203

8.8

Uganda

16 023

6 346

-65

20

_

East Sahelian Africa

161 048

-642

0.4

65 450

-595

533

22.0

Benin

11 497

4 947

-70

14

0.6

Côte d'Ivoire

18 952

10 904

-119

63

3.2

Ghana

18 013

9 555

-138

53

1.1

Guinea

17 484

6 692

-87

4

0.1

Liberia

6 632

4 633

-25

6

0.1

Nigeria

65 654

15 634

-119

151

3.7

Sierra Leone

6 969

1 889

-12

6

0.2

Togo

4 566

1 353

-22

17

1.2

West Africa

149 764

-85

0.1

55 607

-591

312

10.0

Cameroon

35 905

20 350

-122

16

1.2

Central African Republic

46 753

30 562

-129

6

0.6

Congo

25 285

19 865

-32

37

2.5

Equatorial Guinea

2 719

1 826

-7

3

_

Gabon

19 966

18 235

-116

21

0.8

Zaire

166 076

113 275

-732

42

2.6

Central Africa

296 704

-571

0.2

204 113

-1 139

125

7.7

Angola

77 198

23 074

-174

120

1.0

Botswana

26 561

14 261

-77

1

_

Burundi

1 314

233

-1

92

7.9

Malawi

3 724

3 486

-53

126

7.0

Mozambique

55 881

17 329

-135

28

1.0

Namibia

26 296

12 569

-43

0

_

Rwanda

946

164

0

88

4.3

United Republic of Tanzania

68 497

33 555

-438

154

8.6

Zambia

60 337

32 301

-363

48

2.1

Zimbabwe

26 144

8 897

-61

84

1.4

Tropical South Africa

346 896

-736

0.2

145 869

-1 345

740

33.2

Comoros

41

11

-1

0

_

Madagascar

23 225

15 782

-135

217

3.1

Mauritius

44

3

0

9

0.1

Reunion

135

93

0

7

0.1

Saint Helena

9

0

0

1

_

Seychelles

4

3

0

1

_

Insular Africa

23 457

-89

0.4

15 892

-135

235

3.4


Tropical Africa

1 083 826

-2 421

0.2

527 697

-4 101

2 121

90.9


Algeria

3 945

1 554

-38

485

18.3

Egypt

34

0

0

34

0.6

Libya Arab Jamahiriya

846

190

0

210

11.0

Morocco

5 744

3 543

-26

321

9.6

Tunisia

569

368

-6

201

11.2

North Africa

11 137

-73

1.2

5 655

-71

1 250

50.7

Lesotho

23

0

0

7

0.6

South Africa

41 543

7 243

-63

965

15.5

Swaziland

146

74

0

72

0.1

Non Tropical South Africa

41 712

-333

0.8

7 317

-63

1 044

16.1


Non Tropical Africa

52 850

-407

0.9

12 972

-134

2 295

66.8


TOTAL AFRICA

1 136 676

-2 828

0.3

540 669

-4 234

4 416

157.7


ASIA/PACIFIC
Bangladesh

1 472

769

-38

235

12.3

Bhutan

3 168

2 809

-16

4

0.2

India

82 648

51 729

-339

13 230

1 009.0

Nepal

5 751

5 023

-54

56

4.3

Pakistan

3 128

1 855

-77

168

4.2

Sri Lanka

3 998

1 746

-27

139

6.0

South Asia

100 164

596

-0.5

63 931

-551

13 831

1 035.9

Cambodia

13 724

12 163

-131

7

_

Laos

21 436

13 173

-129

4

0.1

Myanmar

49 774

28 856

-401

235

19.6

Thailand

14 968

12 735

-515

529

29.4

Vietnam

23 499

8 312

-137

1 470

49.0

Continental S. E. Asia

123 400

-1 087

0.9

75 239

-1 314

2 245

98.1

Brunei Darussalam

458

458

-2

0

_

Indonesia

145 108

109 549

-1 212

6 125

331.8

Malaysia

22 248

17 583

-396

81

6.3

Philippines

13 640

7 831

-316

203

_

Singapore

4

4

0

0

_

Insular S. E. Asia

181 458

-1 509

1.0

135 425

-1 926

6 409

337.4

Papua New Guinea

42 115

36 000

-113

30

1.5

American Samoa

14

0

0

0

_

Fiji

859

775

-4

78

5.0

French Polynesia

115

0

0

0

_

Guam

10

0

0

0

_

Kiribati

2

0

0

0

_

New Caledonia

1 289

701

-1

9

0.4

Niue

6

0

0

0

_

Pacific Islands

40

0

0

0

_

Samoa

164

124

-2

9

0.5

Solomon Islands

2 455

2 394

-5

16

0.3

Tonga

8

0

0

0

_

Vanuatu

809

802

-8

7

0.4

Pacific

47 886

-45

0.1

40 796

-131

149

8.1


Total Tropical Asia

452 908

-2 045

0.8

315 391

-3 922

22 634

1 479.5


Afghanistan

2 614

1 191

0

8

_

Bahrain

0

0

0

0

_

Iran

11 437

1 658

-33

79

4.9

Iraq

192

69

0

14

_

Jordan

173

28

-1

23

0.8

Kuwait

5

0

0

5

0.5

Lebanon

144

65

-1

13

_

Oman

0

0

0

0

_

Qatar

0

0

0

0

_

Saudi Arabia

902

201

-5

1

_

Syrian Arab Republic

484

118

-5

127

9.9

United Arab Emirates

60

0

0

60

5.9

Yemen

1 921

9

0

0

_

Middle East

17 932

165

0.8

3 339

-44

330

22.1

China

162 029

101 968

-400

31 831

1 139.8

Korea, DPR

7 370

4 700

0

1 470

77.0

Korea, Rep.

6 291

6 291

-1

0

_

Mongolia

13 741

9 406

0

0

_

Temperate Asia

189 431

881

-0.2

122 365

-401

33 301

1 216.8


Total Non Tropical Asia

207 362

1 046

-0.1

125 704

-445

33 630

1 238.9


TOTAL ASIA/PACIFIC

660 270

-999

0.6

441 095

-4 367

56 264

2 718.4


LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Costa Rica

1 569

1 428

-50

28

2.6

El Salvador

890

123

-3

4

0.3

Guatemala

9 465

4 225

-81

28

1.8

Honduras

6 054

4 605

-112

3

0.3

Mexico

129 057

48 586

-678

109

5.3

Nicaragua

7 732

6 013

-124

14

1.3

Panama

3 266

3 117

-64

6

0.4

Central America

158 034

-825

0.5

68 097

-1 112

192

11.9

Barbados

5

0

0

0

_

Bermuda

1

0

0

0

_

British Virgin Islands

5

3

0

0

_

Cayman Islands

6

0

0

0

_

Monserrat

4

3

0

0

_

Netherlands Antilles

7

0

0

0

_

St.Pierre & Miquelon

1

0

0

0

_

United States Virgin Islands

14

14

0

0

_

Antigua and Barbuda

26

10

0

0

_

Bahamas

186

186

-4

0

_

Belize

2 117

1 996

-5

2

_

Cuba

3 262

1 715

-17

245

13.5

Dominica

50

44

0

0

_

Dominican Republic

1 530

1 077

-35

7

0.3

French Guyana

8 318

7 997

0

0

_

Grenada

11

6

0

0

_

Guadeloupe

93

93

0

0

_

Guyana

18 755

18 416

-18

8

0.8

Haiti

139

23

-2

8

0.8

Jamaica

653

239

-27

15

0.6

Martinique

71

43

0

0

_

Puerto Rico

336

321

4

3

0.1

St. Kitts and Nevis

24

13

0

0

_

St. Lucia

34

5

0

0

_

St. Vincent

12

11

0

0

_

Suriname

15 093

14 768

-13

8

0.2

Trinidad and Tobago

236

155

-4

13

0.1

Caribbean

50 989

-49

0.1

47 138

-122

309

16.4

Bolivia

57 977

49 317

-625

28

1.0

Brazil

671 921

561 107

-3 671

4 900

195.4

Colombia

63 231

54 064

-367

126

8.9

Ecuador

15 576

11 962

-238

45

1.5

Paraguay

19 256

12 859

-403

9

0.7

Peru

84 844

67 906

-271

184

8.8

Venezuela

69 436

45 690

-599

253

16.6

Tropical South America

982 242

-4 793

0.5

802 905

-6 173

5 545

232.9


Tropical Latin America/Caribbean

1 191 265

-5 668

0.5

918 140

-7 407

6 047

261.2


Argentina

50 936

33 889

-214

547

4.6

Chile

16 583

7 018

-60

1 015

54.5

Uruguay

933

657

-1

156

2.0

Non Tropical South America

68 453

-380

0.6

41 564

-275

1 719

61.0


TOTAL LATIN AM./CARIBBEAN

1 259 717

-6 047

0.5

959 704

-7 682

7 765

322.2


TOTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

3 056 663

-9 874

0.4

1 941 468

-16 282

68 445

3 198.3


GRAND TOTAL

5 120 227

-9 953

0.2



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