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Table 5

Forest area, volume and biomass 1990 in the developed countries


Country

Area

Volume


Biomass


1 000 ha

m3/ha

Total (million m3)

tons/ha

Total (million tons)


Finland

20 112

85

1 710

47

945

Norway

8 697

71

617

36

313

Sweden

24 437

107

2 615

57

1 393

Nordics

53 246

93

4 942

50

2 651

Belgium

620

145

90

86

53

Denmark

466

116

54

82

38

Iceland
Ireland

396

76

30

34

13

Netherlands

334

156

52

95

32

United Kingdom

2 207

92

203

56

124

North Western Europe

4 023

107

429

65

260

Austria

3 877

257

996

125

485

Former Czechoslovakia

4 491

221

993

147

660

France

13 110

136

1 783

93

1 219

Germany

10 490

266

2 790

151

1 584

Luxembourg

85

150

13

89

8

Poland

8 672

165

1 431

108

937

Switzerland

1 130

329

372

176

199

Central Eastern Europe

41 855

200

8 378

122

5 091

Albania

1 046

79

83

46

48

Bulgaria

3 386

118

400

61

207

Cyprus

140

33

5

31

4

Greece

2 512

63

158

34

85

Hungary

1 675

172

288

111

186

Israel

102

36

4

54

6

Italy

6 750

110

743

81

547

Romania

6 190

212

1 312

110

681

Turkey

8 856

86

762

63

558

Former Yugoslavia, SFR

8 371

132

1 105

103

862

South East Europe

39 028

124

4 858

82

3 184

Portugal

2 755

68

187

45

124

Spain

8 388

56

470

66

554

Iberia

11 143

59

657

61

678


Europe

149 295

129

19 264

79

11 864


Belarus

6 016

134

806

83

499

Other former USSR

739 729

111

82 110

68

50 302

Ukraine

9 213

143

1 317

92

848


Former USSR

754 958

112

84 234

68

51 648


Canada

247 164

116

28 671

103

25 458

USA

209 573

118

24 730

93

19 490


North America

456 737

117

53 401

98

44 948


Australia

39 837

83

3 306

61

2 430

Japan

24 158

118

2 851

62

1 498

New Zealand

7 472

53

396

28

209


Developed Asia/Oceania

71 467

92

6 553

58

4 137


TOTAL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

1 432 457

114

163 451

79

112 598


Table 5

Forest area, volume and biomass 1990 in the developing countries


Country

Area

Volume


Biomass


1 000 ha

m3/ha

Total (million m3)

tons/ha

Total (million tons)


AFRICA
Burkina Faso

4 416

38

167.8

79

349.2

Cape Verde

6

(,71. )

0.4

150

1.0

Chad

11 434

30

343.0

63

717.6

Gambia

97

48

4.7

100

9.6

GuineaBissau

2 021

36

72.8

83

167.0

Mali

12 144

30

364.3

62

749.5

Mauritania

554

30

16.6

63

35.0

Niger

2 550

14

35.7

32

82.3

Senegal

7 544

35

264.0

69

517.2

West Sahelian Africa

40 766

31

1 269.3

64

2 628.3

Djibouti

22

18

0.4

(,40. )

1.9

Ethiopia, former PDR

14 165

69

977.4

144

2 038.6

Kenya

1 187

65

77.2

95

112.7

Somalia

754

50

37.7

102

76.6

Sudan

42 976

32

1 375.2

62

2 647.9

Uganda

6 346

40

253.8

59

376.6

East Sahelian Africa

65 450

42

2 721.7

80

5 254.2

Benin

4 947

22

108.8

40

198.1

Côte d'Ivoire

10 904

190

2 071.8

80

870.2

Ghana

9 555

50

477.8

86

817.0

Guinea

6 692

51

341.3

84

559.1

Liberia

4 633

152

704.2

227

1 049.5

Nigeria

15 634

64

1 000.6

103

1 615.8

Sierra Leone

1 889

59

111.5

106

200.2

Togo

1 353

45

60.9

73

99.1

West Africa

55 607

88

4 876.8

97

5 408.9

Cameroon

20 350

190

3 866.5

145

2 951.4

Central African Republic

30 562

101

3 086.8

125

3 808.8

Congo

19 865

234

4 648.4

275

5 466.4

Equatorial Guinea

1 826

205

374.3

263

480.3

Gabon

18 235

234

4 267.0

281

5 118.5

Zaire

113 275

204

23 108.1

252

28 523.2

Central Africa

204 113

193

39 351.1

227

46 348.6

Angola

23 074

37

853.7

70

1 624.9

Botswana

14 261

(,20. )

287.4

38

546.2

Burundi

233

36

8.4

69

16.1

Malawi

3 486

75

261.5

139

485.7

Mozambique

17 329

37

641.2

80

1 383.8

Namibia

12 569

(,20. )

253.3

38

481.4

Rwanda

164

90

14.8

164

26.9

United Republic of Tanzania

33 555

64

2 147.5

43

1 445.3

Zambia

32 301

25

807.5

70

2 273.2

Zimbabwe

8 897

31

275.8

61

540.2

Tropical South Africa

145 869

38

5 551.0

60

8 823.6

Comoros

11

94

1.0

174

16.4

Madagascar

15 782

58

915.4

107

1 680.3

Mauritius

3

(,95. )

0.3

(,170. )

0.5

Reunion

93

115

10.7

193

22.2

Saint Helena

0

0.0

0.0

Seychelles

3

100

0.3

180

18.0

Insular Africa

15 892

58

927.6

109

1 737.4


Tropical Africa

527 697

104

54 697.5

133

70 201.1


Algeria

1 554

40

62.2

127

197.4

Egypt

0

0.0

0.0

Libya Arab Jamahiriya

190

(,27. )

5.0

(,70. )

13.3

Morocco

3 543

45

159.4

122

432.2

Tunisia

368

37

13.6

75

27.6

North Africa

5 655

42

240.3

119

670.5

Lesotho

0

0.0

0.0

South Africa

7 243

(,99. )

713.4

197

1 426.9

Swaziland

74

(,50. )

3.7

(,100. )

7.4

Non Tropical South Africa

7 317

98

717.1

196

1 434.3


Non tropical Africa

12 972

74

957.4

162

2 104.8


TOTAL AFRICA

540 669

103

55 654.9

134

72 305.8


ASIA/PACIFIC
Bangladesh

769

77

59.2

136

104.2

Bhutan

2 809

150

421.4

181

508.1

India

51 729

47

2 431.3

93

4 805.7

Nepal

5 023

55

276.3

109

548.7

Pakistan

1 855

87

161.4

110

203.2

Sri Lanka

1 746

45

78.6

113

197.7

South Asia

63 931

54

3 428.0

100

6 367.6

Cambodia

12 163

122

1 483.9

178

2 162.9

Laos

13 173

128

1 686.1

193

2 544.1

Myanmar

28 856

145

4 184.1

217

6 258.9

Thailand

12 735

62

789.6

125

1 585.3

Vietnam

8 312

119

989.1

183

1 523.6

Continental S. E. Asia

75 239

121

9 132.8

187

14 074.8

Brunei Darussalam

458

272

124.6

296

135.5

Indonesia

109 549

179

19 609.3

203

22 261.4

Malaysia

17 583

214

3 762.8

261

4 590.9

Philippines

7 831

182

1 425.2

236

1 848.4

Singapore

4

169

0.7

200

0.9

Insular S. E. Asia

135 425

184

24 922.5

213

28 837.1

Papua New Guinea

36 000

(,168. )

6 063.1

191

6 890.3

American Samoa

0

0.0

0.0

Fiji

775

(,118. )

91.2

206

159.7

French Polynesia

0

0.0

0.0

Guam

0

0.0

0.0

Kiribati

0

0.0

0.0

New Caledonia

701

(,113. )

78.9

197

138.1

Niue

0

0.0

0.0

Pacific Islands

0

0.0

0.0

Samoa

124

(,126. )

15.6

220

27.3

Solomon Islands

2 394

(,115. )

275.0

201

481.2

Tonga

0

0.0

0.0

Vanuatu

802

(,123. )

99.0

216

173.2

Pacific

40 796

162

6 622.8

193

7 869.8


Total tropical Asia

315 391

140

44 106.2

181

57 149.3


Afghanistan

1 191

80

95.3

161

12.9

Bahrain

0

0.0

0.0

Iran

1 658

(,80. )

133.2

(,200. )

331.6

Iraq

69

43

3.0

119

5.1

Jordan

28

(,40. )

1.1

(,100. )

2.8

Kuwait

0

0.0

0.0

Lebanon

65

(,40. )

2.6

(,100. )

6.5

Oman

0

0.0

0.0

Qatar

0

0.0

0.0

Saudi Arabia

201

(,8. )

1.6

(,20. )

4.0

Syrian Arab Republic

118

45

5.3

121

5.4

United Arab Emirates

0

0.0

0.0

Yemen

9

(,8. )

0.1

(,20. )

0.2

Middle East

3 339

73

242.2

110

368.5

China

101 968

96

9 788.9

157

16 009.0

Korea, DPR

4 700

(,55. )

257.9

(,90. )

423.0

Korea, Rep.

6 291

(,73. )

460.3

(,120. )

754.9

Mongolia

9 406

(,37. )

344.1

(,60. )

564.4

Temperate Asia

122 365

89

10 851.3

145

17 751.3


Total non tropical Asia

125 704

88

11 093.5

144

18 119.8


TOTAL ASIA/PACIFIC

441 095

125

55 199.6

171

75 269.1


LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Costa Rica

1 428

103

147.1

184

261.9

El Salvador

123

42

5.2

94

11.6

Guatemala

4 225

98

414.1

172

725.5

Honduras

4 605

75

345.4

115

527.3

Mexico

48 586

38

1 846.3

65

3 173.6

Nicaragua

6 013

108

649.4

181

1 088.1

Panama

3 117

141

439.5

223

695.4

Central America

68 097

56

3 846.8

95

6 483.4

Barbados

0

0.0

0.0

Bermuda

0

0.0

0.0

British Virgin Islands

3

(,62. )

0.2

(,120. )

0.4

Cayman Islands

0

0.0

0.0

Monserrat

3

(,62. )

0.2

(,120. )

0.3

Netherlands Antilles

0

0.0

0.0

St.Pierre & Miquelon

0

0.0

0.0

United States Virgin Islands

14

(,52. )

0.7

(,100. )

1.4

Antigua and Barbuda

10

(,62. )

0.6

120

1.2

Bahamas

186

(,62. )

11.6

120

22.3

Belize

1 996

50

99.8

128

255.0

Cuba

1 715

48

82.3

122

209.0

Dominica

44

(,62. )

2.7

120

5.3

Dominican Republic

1 077

41

44.2

99

106.3

French Guyana

7 997

274

2 191.2

313

2 499.8

Grenada

6

(,62. )

0.4

120

0.7

Guadeloupe

93

(,62. )

5.8

120

11.1

Guyana

18 416

176

3 241.2

248

4 571.5

Haiti

23

44

1.0

100

2.3

Jamaica

239

94

22.5

181

43.2

Martinique

43

(,62. )

2.7

120

5.1

Puerto Rico

321

(,62. )

20.0

120

38.5

St. Kitts and Nevis

13

(,62. )

0.8

120

1.6

St. Lucia

5

(,62. )

0.3

120

0.5

St. Vincent

11

(,62. )

0.7

120

1.3

Suriname

14 768

190

2 805.9

259

3 830.6

Trinidad and Tobago

155

123

19.1

210

32.6

Caribbean

47 138

181

8 553.8

247

11 639.9

Bolivia

49 317

74

3 649.5

150

7 376.2

Brazil

561 107

116

65 088.4

189

106 053.4

Colombia

54 064

111

6 001.1

195

10 514.6

Ecuador

11 962

109

1 303.9

197

2 354.6

Paraguay

12 859

27

347.2

62

795.6

Peru

67 906

156

10 593.3

236

16 013.6

Venezuela

45 690

107

4 888.8

189

8 615.4

Tropical South America

802 905

114

91 872.2

189

151 723.4


Tropical Latin America/Caribbean

918 140

114

104 272.8

185

169 846.8


Argentina

33 889

108

3 660.0

252

8 540.0

Chile

7 018

198

1 389.6

253

1 775.6

Uruguay

657

150

98.6

220

144.5


Non Tropical South America

41 564

124

5 148.1

252

10 460.1


TOTAL LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN

959 704

114

109 421.0

188

180 306.9


TOTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

1 941 467

113

220 275.5

169

327 881.9


GRAND TOTAL

3 373 924

114

383 726.6

131

440 479.4



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