Appendix 4. Status of forest land and changes 1980-90 by sub-region and country

South Region - Status of forest land and changes 1980-90

Region & Country	Population 1990	Total Land Area	Forest & Other Wooded Land	Forest				Other Wooded Land	Forest Per Cap.	Population Density	Annual Change
				Total	% of Land Area	Exploitable Forest	Un-exploitable Forest				Forest & Other Forest Lands	Natural Forests	Plantations
	1 000	1000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha		1,000 ha	1000 ha	1,000 ha	ha.	Inh/km²	1,000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha
Bangladesh	115,594	13,017	1,472	1,004	8	769	235	468	0.01	888		-38	12
Bhutan	1,427	4,700	3,168	2,813	60	2,809	4	355	1.97	30		-16	0
India	853,373	297,319	82,648	64,959	22	51,729	13,230	17,689	0.08	287		-339	1,009
Nepal	19,143	13,680	5,751	5,079	37	5,023	56	672	0.27	140		-54	4
Pakistan	122,666	77,088	3,128	2,023	3	1,855	168	1,105	0.02	159		-77	4
Sri Lanka	17,209	6,463	3,998	1,885	29	1,746	139	2,113	0.11	266		-27	6
SOUTH ASIA	1,129,412	412,267	100,164	77,762	19	63,931	13,831	22,402	0.07	274	596	-551	1,036

Continental Region - Status of forest land and changes 1980-90

Region & Country	Population 1990	Total Land Area	Forest & Other Wooded Area	Forest				Other Wooded Land	Forest Per Cap.	Population Density	Annual Change
				Total	% of Land Area	Exploitable Forest	On-exploitable Forest				Forest & Other Forest Lands	Natural Forests	Plantations
	1 000	1000 ha	1,000 ha	1, 000 ha		1, 000 ha	1000 ha	1,000 ha	ha.	Inh/km²	1,000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha
Cambodia	8,246	17,652	13,724	12,170	69	12,163	7	1,554	1.48	47		-131	0
Laos	4,071	23,080	21,436	13,177	57	13,173	4	8,259	3.24	18		-129	0
Myanmar	41,675	65,797	49,774	29,091	44	28,856	235	20,683	0.70	63		-401	20
Thailand	55,702	51,089	14,968	13,264	26	12,735	529	1,704	0.24	109		-515	29
Vietnam	67,171	32,549	23,499	9,782	30	8,312	1,470	13,717	0.15	206		-137	49
CONTINENTAL	176,865	190,167	123,400	77,484	41	75,239	2,245	45,916	0.44	93	-1,087	-1,314	98

Temperate Region - Status of forest land and changes 1980-90

Region & Country	Population 1990	Total Land Area	Forest & Other Wooded Land	Forest				Other Wooded Land	Forest Per Cap.	Population Density	Annual Change
				Total	% of Land Area	Exploitable Forest	Un-exploitable Forest				Forest & Other Forest Lands	Natural Forests	Plantations
	1000	1000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha		1,000 ha	1000 ha	1,000 ha	ha.	Inh/km²	1,000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha
China	1,139,060	932,641	162,029	133,799	14	101,968	31,831	28,230	0.12	122		-400	1,140
Korea D.P.R	21,773	12,054	7,370	6,170	51	4,700	1,470	1,200	0.28	181		0	77
Korea Rep	42,793	9,902	6,291	6,291	64	6,291	0	0	0.15	432		-1	0
Mongolia	2,190	156,650	13,741	9,406	6	9,406	0	4,335	4.29	1		0	0
TEMPERATE-NORTH	1,205,816	1,111,247	189,431	155,666	14	122,365	33,301	33,765	0.13	109	881	-401	1,217

Insular Region - Status of forest land and changes 1980-90

Region & Country	Population 1990	Total Land Area	Forest & Other Wooded Land	Forest				Other Wooded Land	Forest Per Cap.	Population Density	Annual Change
				Total	% of Land Area	Exploitable Forest	Un-exploitable Forest				Forest & Other Forest Lands	Natural Forests	Plantations
	1 000	1000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha		1,000 ha	1000 ha	1,000 ha	ha.	Inh/km²	1, 000 ha	1, 000 ha	1,000 ha
Brunei	266	527	458	458	87	458	0	0	1.72	50		-2	0
Indonesia	180,514	181,157	145,108	115,674	64	109,549	6,125	29,434	0.64	100		-1,212	332
Malaysia	17,339	32,855	22,248	17,664	54	17,583	81	4,584	1.02	53		-396	6
Philippines	62,409	29,817	13,640	8,034	27	7,831	203	5,606	0.13	209		-316	0
Singapore	2,712	61	4	4	7	4	0	0	0.00	4446		0	0
INSULAR SE ASIA	263,240	244,417	181,458	141,834	58	135,425	6,409	39,624	0.54	108	-1,509	-1,926	337

Pacific Region - Status of forest land and changes 1980-90

Region & Country	Population 1990	Total Land Area	Forest & Other Wooded Land	Forest				Other Wooded Land	Forest Per Cap.	Population Density	Annual Change
				Total	% of Land Area	Exploitable Forest	Un-exploitable Forest				Forest & Other Forest Lands	Natural Forests	Plantations
	1 000	1000 ha	1, 000 ha	1,000 ha		1,000 ha	1000 ha	1,000 ha	ha.	Inh/km²	1,000 ha	1,000 ha	1, 000 ha
Papua New Guinea	4,011	45,286	42,115	36,030	80	36,000	30	6,085	8.98	9		-113	2
American Samoa	33	20	14	0	0	0	0	14	0.00	165		0	0
Fiji	726	1,827	859	853	47	775	78	6	1.17	40		-4	5
French Polynesia	198	366	115	0	0	0	0	115	0.00	54		0	0
Guam	134	55	10	0	0	0	0	10	0.00	244		0	0
Kiribati	71	73	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	97		0	0
New Caledonia	168	1,827	1,289	710	39	701	9	579	4.23	9		-1	0
Niue	2	26	6	0	0	0	0	6	0.00	8		0	0
Pacific Islands		178	40	0	0	0	0	40		0		0	0
Samoa	158	283	164	133	47	124	9	31	0.84	56		-2	1
Solomon Islands	320	2,799	2,455	2,410	86	2,394	16	45	7.53	11		-5	0
Tonga	96	72	8	0	0	0	0	8	0.00	133		0	0
Vanuatu	150	1,219	809	809	66	802	7	0	5.39	12		-8	0
PACIFIC	6,067	54,032	47,886	40,945	76	40,796	149	6,941	6.75	11	-45.0	-131	8
Source: FAO forestry paper 124

Developed Asia-Oceania Region - Status of forest land and changes 1980-90

Region & Country	Population 1990	Total Land Area	Forest & Other Wooded Land	Forest				Other Wooded Land	Forest Per Cap.	Population Density	Annual Change
				Total	% of Land Area	Exploitable Forest	Un-exploitable Forest				Forest & Other Forest Lands	Natural Forests	Plantations
	1 000	1000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha		1, 000 ha	1000 ha	1,000 ha	ha.	Inh/km²	1,000 ha	1,000 ha	1,000 ha
Australia	17,090	754,402	145,613	39,837	5	17,005	22,832	105,776	2.33	2	1
Japan	123,540	36,460	24,718	24,158	66	23,829	329	560	0.20	339	-5
New Zealand	3,350	26,784	7,472	7,472	28	2,060	5,412	0	2.23	13	0
- NZ plantations			1,244	1,244
- NZ natural for			6,228	6,228
DEVELOPED	143,980	817,646	177,803	71,467	9	42,894	28,573	106,336	0.50	18	-4
Source: FAO forestry paper 124