Table 2
Forest cover 1995
a) Africa
|
|
land area |
total forest, 1995 |
natural forest, 1995 |
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|
thousand ha |
percentage of land area |
ha/cap |
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|
Africa
|
|||||
|
Burkina Faso |
27 360 |
4 271 |
15.6 |
0.4 |
4 251 |
|
Cape Verde |
403 |
47 |
11.7 |
0.1 |
6 |
|
Chad |
125 920 |
11 025 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
11 021 |
|
Gambia |
1 000 |
91 |
9.1 |
0.1 |
90 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
2 812 |
2 309 |
82.1 |
2.2 |
2 308 |
|
Mali |
122 019 |
11 585 |
9.5 |
1.1 |
11 571 |
|
Mauritania |
102 522 |
556 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
554 |
|
Niger |
126 670 |
2 562 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
2 550 |
|
Senegal |
19 253 |
7 381 |
38.3 |
0.9 |
7 269 |
|
West Sahelian Africa |
527 959 |
39 827 |
7.5 |
0.8 |
39 620 |
|
Djibouti |
2 318 |
22 |
0.9 |
n.s. |
22 |
|
Former P.D.R. Ethiopia |
110 100 |
13 861 |
12.6 |
0.2 |
13 672 |
|
Eritrea |
10 100 |
282 |
2.8 |
0.1 |
233 |
|
Ethiopia |
100 000 |
13 579 |
13.6 |
0.2 |
13 439 |
|
Kenya |
56 914 |
1 292 |
2.3 |
n.s. |
1 174 |
|
Somalia |
62 734 |
754 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
750 |
|
Sudan |
237 600 |
41 613 |
17.5 |
1.5 |
41 410 |
|
East Sahelian Africa |
469 666 |
57 542 |
12.3 |
0.5 |
57 028 |
|
Benin |
11 062 |
4 625 |
41.8 |
0.9 |
4 611 |
|
Côte D'Ivoire |
31 800 |
5 469 |
17.2 |
0.4 |
5 403 |
|
Ghana |
22 754 |
9 022 |
39.7 |
0.5 |
8 969 |
|
Guinea |
24 572 |
6 367 |
25.9 |
1.0 |
6 363 |
|
Liberia |
9 632 |
4 507 |
46.8 |
1.5 |
4 501 |
|
Nigeria |
91 077 |
13 780 |
15.1 |
0.1 |
13 629 |
|
Sierra Leone |
7 162 |
1 309 |
18.3 |
0.3 |
1 303 |
|
Togo |
5 439 |
1 245 |
22.9 |
0.3 |
1 224 |
|
West Moist Africa |
203 498 |
46 324 |
22.8 |
0.3 |
46 003 |
|
Burundi |
2 568 |
317 |
12.3 |
n.s. |
225 |
|
Cameroon |
46 540 |
19 598 |
42.1 |
1.5 |
19 582 |
|
Central African Republic |
62 298 |
29 930 |
48.0 |
9.0 |
29 924 |
|
Congo |
34 150 |
19 537 |
57.2 |
7.5 |
19 500 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
2 805 |
1 781 |
63.5 |
4.5 |
1 778 |
|
Gabon |
25 767 |
17 859 |
69.3 |
13.5 |
17 838 |
|
Rwanda |
2 467 |
250 |
10.1 |
n.s. |
162 |
|
São Tomé and Principe |
76 |
56 |
73.7 |
0.4 |
56 |
|
Uganda |
19 965 |
6 104 |
30.6 |
0.3 |
6 084 |
|
Zaire |
226 705 |
109 245 |
48.2 |
2.5 |
109 203 |
|
Central Africa |
423 341 |
204 677 |
48.3 |
2.0 |
204 352 |
|
Angola |
124 670 |
22 200 |
17.8 |
2.0 |
22 080 |
|
Botswana |
56 673 |
13 917 |
24.6 |
9.4 |
13 916 |
|
Malawi |
9 408 |
3 339 |
35.5 |
0.3 |
3 213 |
|
Mozambique |
78 409 |
16 862 |
21.5 |
1.1 |
16 834 |
|
Namibia |
82 329 |
12 374 |
15.0 |
8.0 |
12 374 |
|
Saint Helena |
31 |
1 |
3.2 |
0.2 |
0 |
|
Tanzania, United Republic |
88 359 |
32 510 |
36.8 |
1.1 |
32 356 |
|
Zambia |
74 339 |
31 398 |
42.2 |
3.3 |
31 355 |
|
Zimbabwe |
38 685 |
8 710 |
22.5 |
0.8 |
8 626 |
|
Tropical Southern Africa |
552 903 |
141 311 |
25.6 |
1.5 |
140 754 |
|
Comoros |
223 |
9 |
4.0 |
n.s. |
9 |
|
Madagascar |
58 154 |
15 106 |
26.0 |
1.0 |
14 889 |
|
Mauritius |
203 |
12 |
5.9 |
n.s. |
3 |
|
Reunion |
250 |
89 |
35.6 |
0.1 |
82 |
|
Seychelles |
45 |
4 |
8.9 |
0.1 |
3 |
|
Insular East Africa |
58 875 |
15 220 |
25.9 |
0.9 |
14 986 |
|
Total Tropical Africa |
2 236 242 |
504 901 |
22.6 |
0.9 |
502 743 |
|
Algeria |
238 174 |
1 861 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
1 376 |
|
Egypt |
99 545 |
34 |
n.s. |
n.s. |
0 |
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
175 954 |
400 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
190 |
|
Morocco |
44 630 |
3 835 |
8.6 |
0.1 |
3 514 |
|
Tunisia |
15 536 |
555 |
3.6 |
0.1 |
354 |
|
North Africa |
573 839 |
6 685 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
5 434 |
|
Lesotho |
3 035 |
6 |
0.2 |
n.s. |
0 |
|
South Africa |
122 104 |
8 499 |
7.0 |
0.2 |
7 204 |
|
Swaziland |
1 720 |
146 |
8.5 |
0.2 |
74 |
|
Non-tropical Southern Africa |
126 859 |
8 651 |
6.8 |
0.2 |
7 278 |
|
Total Non-tropical Africa |
700 698 |
15 336 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
12 712 |
|
TOTAL AFRICA |
2 936 940 |
520 237 |
17.7 |
0.7 |
515 455 |
Table 2 (continued)
Forest cover, 1995
b) Asia, Oceania
|
|
land area |
total forest, 1995 |
natural forest, 1995 |
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|
thousand ha |
percentage of land area |
ha/cap |
|||
|
Asia
|
|||||
|
Bangladesh |
13 017 |
1 010 |
7.8 |
n.s. |
700 |
|
Bhutan |
4 700 |
2 756 |
58.6 |
1.7 |
2 748 |
|
India |
297 319 |
65 005 |
21.9 |
0.1 |
50 385 |
|
Maldives |
30 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a, |
n.a. |
|
Nepal |
13 680 |
4 822 |
35.2 |
0.2 |
4 766 |
|
Pakistan |
77 088 |
1 748 |
2.3 |
n.s. |
1 580 |
|
Sri Lanka |
6 463 |
1 796 |
27.8 |
0.1 |
1 657 |
|
South Asia |
412 297 |
77 137 |
18.7 |
0.1 |
61 836 |
|
Cambodia |
17 652 |
9 830 |
55.7 |
1.0 |
9 823 |
|
Laos |
23 080 |
12 435 |
53.9 |
2.5 |
12 431 |
|
Myanmar |
65 755 |
27 151 |
41.3 |
0.6 |
26 875 |
|
Thailand |
51 089 |
11 630 |
22.8 |
0.2 |
11 101 |
|
Viet Nam |
32 549 |
9 117 |
28.0 |
0.1 |
7 647 |
|
Continental Southeast Asia |
190 125 |
70 163 |
36.9 |
0.4 |
67 877 |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
527 |
434 |
82.4 |
1.5 |
434 |
|
Indonesia |
181 157 |
109 791 |
60.6 |
0.6 |
103 666 |
|
Malaysia |
32 855 |
15 471 |
47.1 |
0.8 |
15 371 |
|
Philippines |
29 817 |
6 766 |
22.7 |
0.1 |
6 563 |
|
Singapore |
61 |
4 |
6.6 |
n.s. |
4 |
|
Insular Southeast Asia |
244 417 |
132 466 |
54.2 |
0.5 |
126 038 |
|
Total Tropical Asia |
846 839 |
279 766 |
33.0 |
0.2 |
255 751 |
|
Afghanistan |
65 209 |
1 398 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
1 390 |
|
Bahrain |
69 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Cyprus |
924 |
140 |
15.2 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Iran |
163 600 |
1 544 |
0.9 |
n.s. |
1 465 |
|
Iraq |
43 737 |
83 |
0.2 |
n.s. |
69 |
|
Israel |
2 062 |
102 |
4.9 |
n.s. |
n.ap. |
|
Jordan |
8 893 |
45 |
0.5 |
n.s. |
22 |
|
Kuwait |
1 782 |
5 |
0.3 |
n.s. |
0 |
|
Lebanon |
1 023 |
52 |
5.1 |
n.s. |
39 |
|
Oman |
21 246 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Qatar |
1 100 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
214 969 |
222 |
0.1 |
n.s. |
221 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
18 378 |
219 |
1.2 |
n.s. |
92 |
|
Turkey |
76 963 |
8 856 |
11.5 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
United Arab Emirates |
8 360 |
60 |
0.7 |
n.s. |
0 |
|
Yemen |
52 797 |
9 |
n.s. |
n.s. |
9 |
|
Near East |
681 112 |
12 735 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
China |
932 641 |
133 323 |
14.3 |
0.1 |
99 523 |
|
Hong Kong |
99 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Japan |
37 652 |
25 146 |
66.8 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Korea, D.P.R. |
12 041 |
6 170 |
51.2 |
0.3 |
4 700 |
|
Korea, Republic |
9 873 |
7 626 |
77.2 |
0.2 |
6 226 |
|
Macau |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Mongolia |
156 650 |
9 406 |
6.0 |
3.9 |
9 406 |
|
East Asia |
1 148 958 |
181 671 |
15.8 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Total Temperate Asia |
1 830 070 |
194 406 |
10.6 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
TOTAL ASIA |
2 676 909 |
474 172 |
17.7 |
0.1 |
n.ap |
|
Oceania |
|||||
|
American Samoa |
20 |
0 |
0.0 |
0,0 |
0 |
|
Cook Islands |
23 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Fiji |
1 827 |
835 |
45.7 |
1.1 |
757 |
|
French Polynesia |
366 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Guam |
55 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Kiribati |
73 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
New Caledonia |
1 828 |
698 |
38.2 |
3.9 |
689 |
|
Niue Island |
26 |
6 |
23.1 |
3.0 |
6 |
|
Pacific Is. (Trust Terr.) |
178 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
45 286 |
36 939 |
81.6 |
8.6 |
36 909 |
|
Samoa |
283 |
136 |
48.1 |
0.8 |
127 |
|
Solomon Islands |
2 799 |
2 389 |
85.4 |
6.3 |
2 371 |
|
Tonga |
72 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Vanuatu |
1 219 |
900 |
73.8 |
5.3 |
893 |
|
Tropical Oceania |
54 055 |
41 903 |
77.5 |
6.3 |
41 752 |
|
Australia |
764 444 |
40 908 |
5.4 |
2.3 |
n.ap. |
|
New Zealand |
26 799 |
7 884 |
29.4 |
2.2 |
n.ap, |
|
Total Temperate Oceania |
791 243 |
48 792 |
6.2 |
2.3 |
n.ap. |
|
TOTAL OCEANIA |
845 298 |
90 695 |
10.7 |
3.2 |
n.ap. |
Table 2 (continued)
Forest cover, 1995
c) Europe, former USSR
|
|
land area |
total forest, 1995 |
natural forest, 1995 |
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|
thousand ha |
percentage of land area |
ha/cap |
|||
|
Europe
|
|||||
|
Finland |
30 459 |
20 029 |
65.8 |
3.9 |
n.ap. |
|
Iceland |
10 025 |
11 |
0.1 |
n.s. |
n.ap. |
|
Norway |
30 683 |
8 073 |
26.3 |
1.9 |
n.ap. |
|
Sweden |
41 162 |
24 425 |
59.3 |
2.8 |
n.ap. |
|
Northern Europe |
112 329 |
52 538 |
46.8 |
2.8 |
n.ap. |
|
Austria |
8 273 |
3 877 |
46.9 |
0.5 |
n.ap. |
|
Belgium-Luxembourg |
3 282 |
709 |
21.6 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Denmark |
4 243 |
417 |
9.8 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
France |
55 010 |
15 034 |
27.3 |
0,3 |
n.ap. |
|
Germany |
34 927 |
10 740 |
30.7 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Greece |
12 890 |
6 513 |
50.5 |
0,6 |
n.ap. |
|
Ireland |
6 889 |
570 |
8.3 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Italy |
29 406 |
6 496 |
22.1 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Liechtenstein |
16 |
6 |
37.5 |
0.2 |
n.ap, |
|
Malta |
32 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n.ap. |
|
Netherlands |
3 392 |
334 |
9.8 |
n.s. |
n.ap. |
|
Portugal |
9 195 |
2 875 |
31.3 |
0.3 |
n.ap. |
|
Spain |
49 944 |
8 388 |
16.8 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Switzerland |
3 955 |
1 130 |
28.6 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
United Kingdom |
24 160 |
2 390 |
9.9 |
n.s. |
n.ap. |
|
Western Europe |
245 614 |
59 479 |
24.2 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Albania |
2 740 |
1 046 |
38.2 |
0.3 |
n.ap. |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5 100 |
2 710 |
53.1 |
0.8 |
n.ap. |
|
Bulgaria |
11 055 |
3 240 |
29.3 |
0.4 |
n.ap. |
|
Croatia |
5 592 |
1 825 |
32.6 |
0,4 |
n.ap. |
|
Czech Republic |
7 728 |
2 630 |
34.0 |
0.3 |
n.ap. |
|
Hungary |
9 234 |
1 719 |
18.6 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Poland |
30 442 |
8 732 |
28.7 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Macedonia |
2 543 |
988 |
38.9 |
0.5 |
n.ap. |
|
Romania |
23 034 |
6 246 |
27,1 |
0.3 |
n.ap. |
|
Slovakia |
4 808 |
1 989 |
41.4 |
0.4 |
n.ap. |
|
Slovenia |
2 012 |
1 077 |
53.5 |
0.6 |
n.ap. |
|
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic |
10 200 |
1 769 |
17.3 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Eastern Europe |
114 488 |
33 971 |
29.7 |
0.3 |
n.ap. |
|
TOTAL EUROPE |
472 431 |
145 988 |
30.9 |
0.3 |
n.ap. |
|
Area of the former USSR |
|||||
|
Armenia |
2 820 |
334 |
11.8 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Azerbaijan |
8 660 |
990 |
11.4 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Belarus |
20 748 |
7 372 |
35.5 |
0.7 |
n.ap. |
|
Estonia |
4 227 |
2 011 |
47.6 |
1.3 |
n.ap. |
|
Georgia |
6 970 |
2 988 |
42.9 |
0.5 |
n.ap. |
|
Kazakhstan |
267 073 |
10 504 |
3.9 |
0.6 |
n.ap. |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
19 180 |
730 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Latvia |
6 205 |
2 882 |
46.4 |
1.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Lithuania |
6 480 |
1 976 |
30.5 |
0.5 |
n.ap. |
|
Moldova, Republic of |
3 297 |
357 |
10.8 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Russian Federation |
1 688 850 |
763 500 |
45.2 |
5.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Tajikistan |
14 060 |
410 |
2.9 |
0.1 |
n.ap. |
|
Turkmenistan |
46 993 |
3 754 |
8.0 |
0.9 |
n.ap. |
|
Ukraine |
57 935 |
9 240 |
15.9 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
|
Uzbekistan |
41 424 |
9 119 |
22.0 |
0.4 |
n.ap. |
|
TOTAL AREA OF THE FORMER USSR |
2 194 922 |
816 167 |
37.2 |
2.8 |
n.ap. |
Table 2
Forest cover. 1995
d) North and Central America, South America
|
|
land area |
total forest, 1995 |
natural forest, 1995 |
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|
thousand ha |
percentage of land area |
ha/cap |
|||
|
North and Central America
|
|||||
|
Canada |
922 097 |
244 571 |
26.5 |
8.3 |
n.ap. |
|
United States of America |
915 912 |
212 515 |
23.2 |
0.8 |
n.ap. |
|
Temperate North and Central America |
1 838 009 |
457 086 |
24.9 |
1.6 |
n.ap. |
|
Belize |
2 280 |
1 962 |
86.1 |
9.1 |
1 960 |
|
Costa Rica |
5 106 |
1 248 |
24.4 |
0.4 |
1 220 |
|
El Salvador |
2 072 |
105 |
5.1 |
n.s. |
101 |
|
Guatemala |
10 843 |
3 841 |
35.4 |
0.4 |
3 813 |
|
Honduras |
11 189 |
4 115 |
36.8 |
0.7 |
4 112 |
|
Mexico |
190 869 |
55 387 |
29.0 |
0.6 |
55 278 |
|
Nicaragua |
12 140 |
5 560 |
45.8 |
1.3 |
5 546 |
|
Panama |
7 443 |
2 800 |
37.6 |
1.1 |
2 794 |
|
Central America and Mexico |
241 942 |
75 018 |
31.0 |
0.6 |
74 824 |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
44 |
9 |
20.5 |
0.1 |
9 |
|
Bahamas |
1 001 |
158 |
15.8 |
0.6 |
158 |
|
Barbados |
43 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Bermuda |
5 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
15 |
4 |
26.7 |
0.2 |
4 |
|
Cayman Islands |
26 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Cuba |
10 982 |
1 842 |
16.8 |
0.2 |
1 597 |
|
Dominica |
75 |
46 |
61.3 |
0.6 |
46 |
|
Dominican Republic |
4 838 |
1 582 |
32.7 |
0.2 |
1 575 |
|
Grenada |
34 |
4 |
11.8 |
n.s. |
4 |
|
Guadeloupe |
169 |
80 |
47.3 |
0.2 |
80 |
|
Haiti |
2 756 |
21 |
0.8 |
n.s. |
13 |
|
Jamaica |
1 083 |
175 |
16.2 |
0.1 |
160 |
|
Martinique |
106 |
38 |
35.8 |
0.1 |
38 |
|
Montserrat |
10 |
3 |
30.0 |
0.3 |
3 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
80 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Puerto Rico |
886 |
275 |
31.0 |
0.1 |
272 |
|
Saint Kitts |
36 |
11 |
30.6 |
0.3 |
11 |
|
Saint Lucia |
61 |
5 |
8.2 |
n.s. |
5 |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
23 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Saint Vincent/Grenadine |
39 |
11 |
28.2 |
0.1 |
11 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
513 |
161 |
31.4 |
0.1 |
148 |
|
US Virgin Islands |
34 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Caribbean |
22 859 |
4 425 |
19.4 |
0.1 |
4 134 |
|
Tropical North and Central America |
264 801 |
79 443 |
30.0 |
0.5 |
78 958 |
|
TOTAL NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA |
2 102 810 |
536 529 |
25.5 |
1.2 |
n.ap. |
|
South America
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|
Bolivia |
108 438 |
48 310 |
44.6 |
6.5 |
48 282 |
|
Brazil |
845 651 |
551 139 |
65.2 |
3.4 |
546 239 |
|
Colombia |
103 870 |
52 988 |
51.0 |
1.5 |
52 862 |
|
Ecuador |
27 684 |
11 137 |
40.2 |
1.0 |
11 092 |
|
French Guiana |
8 815 |
7 990 |
90.6 |
54.4 |
7 990 |
|
Guyana |
19 685 |
18 577 |
94.4 |
22.2 |
18 569 |
|
Paraguay |
39 730 |
11 527 |
29.0 |
2.3 |
11 518 |
|
Peru |
128 000 |
67 562 |
52.8 |
2.8 |
67 378 |
|
Suriname |
15 600 |
14 721 |
94.4 |
34.8 |
14 713 |
|
Venezuela |
88 205 |
43 995 |
49.9 |
2.0 |
43 742 |
|
Tropical South America |
1 385 678 |
827 946 |
59.8 |
3.1 |
822 385 |
|
Argentina |
273 669 |
33 942 |
12.4 |
1.0 |
33 395 |
|
Chile |
74 880 |
7 892 |
10.5 |
0.6 |
6 877 |
|
Uruguay |
17 481 |
814 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
658 |
|
Temperate South America |
366 030 |
42 648 |
11.7 |
0.8 |
40 930 |
|
TOTAL SOUTH AMERICA |
1 751 708 |
870 594 |
49.7 |
2.7 |
863 315 |
|
GRAND TOTALS |
12 981 018 |
3 454 382 |
26.6 |
0.6 |
n.ap. |
Notes: numbers may not tally due to rounding.
n.s. - not significant: indicating a very small value.
n.a. = not available.
n.ap. = not applicable
