TECHNICAL REPORT
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Forest resources assessment 1990 Non-tropical developing countries Table of Contents

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1995

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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

GLOSSARY

Chapter I
BACKGROUND

Introduction

Study area

Chapter II
PREPARATORY STUDIES

Review of existing information

Review of approaches to assessment

Chapter III
METHODOLOGY

Establishment of a database

Adjustment function (deforestation model)

The assessment by province and country

Chapter IV
ASSESSMENT RESULTS

Ecological characteristics

Socio-economic characteristics

Land use

Present situation of woody vegetation

Forest area change assessment during 1981–90

Forest degradation indicators

Chapter V
CONCLUSIONS

Annex 1
COUNTRY TABLES

Table 1
Socio-economic data

Table 2
State of forest inventory

Table 3
Area of natural forests, plantations and other wooded land — 1990

Table 4
Potential and actual forest area

Table 5A
Forest area change during 1981–90 — Natural forests

Table 5B
Forest area change during 1981–90 — Plantations

Annex 2
DEFORESTATION MODELLING

TABLES

Table 1
State of forest inventory in non-tropical developing countries at end 1990

Table 2
Land area distribution in the non-tropical developing countries

Table 3
The socio-economic setting of the sub-regions during 1980–90

Table 4
Present land use of potential forest land by sub-region

Table 5
Areas of natural woody vegetation by sub-region

Table 6
Reported Forest Plantation areas by sub-region

Table 7
Changes in area of natural forests

Table 8
Changes in reported forest plantation areas

Table 9
Annual deforestation and plantation areas

Table 10
Comparison of actual and potential forest areas

Table 11
Human and cattle pressure on forest land

CHARTS

Chart 1
Geographical subdivision of the global assessment

FIGURES

Figure 1
Illustration of model curves for different ecological zones

Figure 2
Land area by bioclimatic type and sub-region (% of land) of non-tropical developing countries

Figure 3
Present land use of potential forest land

Figure 4
Area of natural woody vegetation by sub-region

Figure 5
Annual deforestation and plantation areas

Figure 6
Potential vs. actual natural woody vegetation