Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
The SPF countries together contain less than 3 percent of the world's forest area. Although 86 percent of the region's forest area is located in Australia and Papua New Guinea, several countries are heavily forested - most notably Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, and to a lesser extent Samoa and Fiji. Australia and New Zealand have large plantation programmes. The region (led by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea) is a significant exporter of industrial roundwood, accounting for 15 percent of world trade. Australia and New Zealand dominate the region's production of industrial roundwood and processed wood products. The small island nations have abundant coconut trees which serve as sources of wood, coconuts, copra and palm oil for local populations.
|
Land area (thousand ha) |
846 637 |
Total forest area, 1995 (thousand ha) |
89 997 |
Percent of land in forest (%) |
10.6 |
Forest area per caput (ha) |
3.3 |
Annual change in forest area, 1990-1995 (thousand ha) |
- 92 |
Percent annual change, 1990-1995 (%) |
- 0.1 |
|
Product |
Quantity |
% of world total |
Fuelwood and charcoal |
8 756a |
n.s. |
Industrial roundwood |
41 456a |
3 |
Sawnwood |
6 760a |
1 |
Wood panels |
2 158a |
1 |
Pulp for paper |
2 330b |
1 |
Paper and paperboard |
2 651b |
1 |
|
Product |
Export value |
Import value |
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Export quantity |
thousand US$ |
% of world total |
Import quantity |
thousand US$ |
% of world total |
|
Fuelwood and charcoal |
12a |
1 007 |
n.s. |
n.s.a |
55 |
n.s. |
Industrial roundwood |
18 346a |
1 627 281 |
15 |
12a |
2 775 |
n.s. |
Sawnwood |
1 067a |
303 248 |
1 |
808a |
318 289 |
1 |
Wood panels |
809a |
342 270 |
2 |
342a |
113 732 |
1 |
Pulp for paper |
680b |
267 333 |
2 |
201b |
152 054 |
1 |
Paper and paperboard |
625b |
459 198 |
1 |
1 299b |
1 568 866 |
2 |
a Thousand m3.
b Thousand tonnes.