Table 5 - Status of Forest Resource in Asia Pacific

		Unit (1000)	China		Japan		Mongolia		Korea P. D. R.		Korea Rep.
			1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995
Production forests
Production forests area - total		ha	83,486	85,410	15,753	16,003	5,675	5,681	4,327	4,370	4,222	4,300
	Natural exploitable forests	ha	65,486	65,160	6,468	6,466	5,645	5,631	2,857	2,800	2,222	2,200
	Plantation forests	ha	18,000	20,250	9,285	9,535	30	50	1,470	1,570	2,000	2,100
Commercial growing stock - total		m3	6,122,407	6,083,263	2,160,774	2,399,844	751,365	752,916	144,510	204,851	262,212	309,710
	Natural exploitable forests	m3	5,042,406.60	5,017,320	730,884	730,884	750,785	748,908	85,710	83,996	102,212	101,200
	Plantation forests	m3	1,080,000	1,201,500	1,429,890	1,487,100	600	700	58,800	68,220	160,000	168,400
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	160,389	173,628	65,412	66,912	1,754	1,789	11,677	12,220	10,222	10,600
	Natural exploitable forests	m3/year	52,389	52,128	9,702	9,702	1,694	1,689	2,857	2,800	2,222	2,200
	Plantation forests	m3/year	108,000	121,500	55,710	57,210	60	100	8,820	9,420	8,000	8,400
Fellings ind. round., total		m3/year	187,500	196,875	29,040	27,500	1,092	588	1,150	1,150	2,200	2,200
	Ind. Roundwood removals	m3/year	150,000	157,500	26,400	25,000	780	420	1,000	1,000	2,000	2,000
	Waste and residues	m3/year	37,500	39,375	2,640	2,500	312	168	150	150	200	200
Other forests and wooded lands
Conservation areas		ha	51,000	51,000	345	51,000	7,011	51,000	0	0	51,000	51,000
Low productive/open forests		ha	91,840	91,381	8,965	8,715	8,066	8,046	3,043	2,802	2,091	1,992
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	45,920	45,690	1,793	1,743	807	805	609	560	418	398
Non forest lands
Commercial tree crops		ha	600	650	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arable lands		ha	93,000	92,038	4,100	4,100	1,321	1,321	1,700	1,740	1,900	1,878
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	75,300	74,606	205	205	66	66	85	87	95	94
Fellings fuel/other wood - total		m3/year	184,849	193,352	12,354	12,440	784	859	6,532	7,006	6,430	6,704
Wood stock incr., all sources		m3/year	281,609	293,924	67,410	68,860	2,626	2,660	12,371	12,867	10,735	11,092
Fellings, all sources		m3/year	372,349	390,227	41,394	39,940	1,876	1,446	7,682	8,156	8,630	8,904
Forests and other wooded lands		ha	175,326	176,791	24,718	24,718	13,741	13,727	7,370	7,172	6,313	6,292
Percentage forested lands		%	18.8	19	68	68	9	9	61	59	64	64
Parameters for projection to 2010
Deforestation factor		%	0.1	Defore factor	0	Defore factor	0,05	Defore factor	0.4	Defore factor	0.2	Defore factor
Forest plantation progr.		ha	450	000 ha per year	50	000 ha per year	4	000 ha per year	20	000 ha per year	20	000 ha per year
Removals - ind. Roundwood		m3	150,000	157,500	26,400	25,000	780	420	1,000	1,000	2,000	2,000
Conservation areas		ha	51,000	51,000	345	51,000	7,011	51,000	0	0	51,000	51,000
Commercial tree crops		ha	600	650	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Range conversion factor		%	60		0		100		80 estimated		100
Other/range/barren lands		ha	664,041	663,162	7,642	7,642	141,588	141,602	2,984	3,143	1,711	1,732

Note: Commercial Growing stock (CGS)

a) for 1990 = baseline information (me. n at. exploit forest + plantation forests).

b) For 1991 - to date = CGS nat. exploit, forests + CGS plantation forests + 5 years x (SI total - fellings total) of the preceding period.

Table 5 - Status of Forest Resource in Asia Pacific (cont.)

		Unit (1000)	Australia			Papua New Guinea			New Zealand			Melanesia Islands			Polynesia Islands
			1990	1995	1990		1995	1990		1995	1990		1995	1990		1995
Production forests
Production forests area - total		ha	16,591	16,653	8,842		8,698	1,527		1,744	1,182		1,181	26		27
	Natural exploitable forests	ha	15,568	15,568	8,800		8,646	266		266	1,050		1,024	21		20
	Plantation forests	ha	1,023	1,085	42		52	1,261		1,478	132		157	4.5		7
Commercial growing stock - total		m3	1,399,336	1,477,334	267,360		269,361	236,221		325,720	42,060		46,093	1,230		1,261
	Natural exploitable forests	m3	1,276,576	1,276,576	264,000		259,380	7,980		7,980	31,500		30,713	1,050		1,013
	Plantation forests	m3	122,760	135,780	3,360		3,776	228,241		256,323	10,560		12,130	180		236
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	34,071	34,815	5,616		5,604	24,012		28,135	1,950		2,184	44		64
	Natural exploitable forests	m3/year	21,795	21,795	5,280		5,188	53		53	630		614	8		8
	Plantation forests	m3/year	12,276	13,020	336		416	23,959		28,082	1,320		1,570	36		56
Fellings ind. round., total		m3/year	21,076	23,472	4,375		4,500	11,729		16,370	1,300		1,535	42		40
	Ind. roundwood removals	m3/year	17,563	19,560	3,500		3,600	10,199		14,235	1,040		1,228	33.6		31.8
	Waste and residues	m3/year	3,513	3,912	875		900	1,530		2,135	260		307	8		8
Other forests and wooded lands
Conservation areas		ha	17,580	17,580	100		100	7,965		7,965	0		0	0		0
Low productive/open forests		ha	140,267	140,267	27,188		26,712	6,267		6,267	3,490		3,403	278.5		269
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	11,502	11,502	2,719		2,671	313		313	698		681	84		81
Non forest lands
Commercial tree crops		ha	0	0	200		210	0		0	227		227	28		28
Arable lands		ha	46,650	46,650	215		515	2,500		2,500	227		298	100		108
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	2,333	2,333	286		416	125		125	454		525	84		90
Fellings fuel/other wood - total		m3/year	4,899	5,186	5,298		5,870	67		70	668		745	276		297
Wood stock incr., all sources		m3/year	47,906	48,650	8,621		8,691	24,451		28,574	3,102		3,390	212		234
Fellings, all sources		m3/year	25,973	28,658	9,673		10,370	11,796		16,441	1,968		2,280	318		336
Forests and other wooded lands		ha	156,858	156,920	36,030		35,410	7,794		8,011	4,672		4,584	304		296
Percentage forested lands		%	20	20	80		78	29		30	61		60	31		30
Parameters for projection to 2010
Deforestation factor		%	0		0.35		FRA 95	0			0.5		FRA 90	0.7		C Brown
Forest plantation progr.		ha	80	000 ha per year	2		000 ha per year	50		000 ha per year	5		000 ha per year	0.5		000 ha per year
Removals - ind. roundwood		m3	17,563	19,560	3,500		3,600	10,199		14,235	1,040		1,228	33.6		31.8
Conservation areas		ha	17,580	17,580	100		100	7,965		7,965	0		0	0		0
Commercial tree crops		ha	0	0	200		210	0		0	227		227	28		28
Range conversion factor		%	100		50 estimated			100			20		estimated	0
Other/range/barren lands		ha	565,412	565,350	8,841		9,151	16,759		16,542	2,547		2,565	561		561

Table 5 - Status of Forest Resource in Asia Pacific (cont.)

		Unit (1000)	Indonesia		Malaysia		Philippines		Myanmar		Vietnam
			1990	1995	1880	1995	1996	1995	1990 1995		1880 1885
Production forests
Production forests area - total		ha	81,852	79,350	12,460	11,410	2,958	2,963	22,507	20,961	3,950	4,102
	Natural exploitable forests	ha	77,418	74,166	12,355	11,255	2,447	2,202	22,113	20,442	3,200	3,052
	Plantation forests	ha	4,434	5,184	105	155	511	761	394	519	750	1,050
Commercial growing stock - total		m3	3,893,424	4,106,272	697,130	504,543	209,075	223,156	1,545,497	1,595,502	173,000	199.066
	Natural exploitable forests	m3	3,716,064	3,559,989	691,880	630,303	183,525	165,173	1,525,797	1,410,498	128,000	122,080
	Plantation forests	m3	177,360	208,464	5,250	6,490	25,550	31,638	19,700	21,776	45,000	55,500
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	111,764	112,687	25,550	23,751	11,429	12,695	34,746	32,739	9,900	12,789
	Natural exploitable forests	m3/year	85,160	81,583	24,710	22,511	7,341	6,607	33,170	30,663	2,400	2,289
	Plantation forests	m3/year	26,604	31,104	840	1,240	4,068	6,088	1,576	2,076	7,500	10,500
Fellings ind. round., total		m3/year	44,200	44,200	52,000	40,300	6,160	5,000	2,100	2,100	5,603	6,240
	Ind. roundwood removals	m3/year	34,000	34,000	40,000	31,000	4,928	4,000	1,500	1,500	4,669	5,200
	Waste and residues	m3/year	10,200	10,200	12,000	9,300	1,232	1,000	600	600	934	1,040
Other forests and wooded lands
Conservation areas		ha	19,340	19340	1,390	1,390	4,613	4,613	773	773	935	935
Low productive/open forests		ha	63,256	60,599	9,788 8,917		10,682	9,614	27,267	26,163	19,549	18,982
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	18,977	18,180	2,936	2,675	4,273	3,846	16,360	15,698	7,820	7,593
Non forest lands
Commercial tree crops		ha	4,000	4,000	1,970	2,050	3,200	3,200	104	120	440	505
Arable lands		ha	20,000	22,579	1,040	1,920	5,500	5,766	9,579	10,623	5,500	5,746
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	63,200	70,937	3,995	4,995	10,300	10,566	6,757	7,496	5,060	5,354
Fellings fuel/other wood - total		m3/year	138,937	149,983	6,262	6,863	32,213	35,209	37,214	40,786	26,676	29,276
Wood stock incr., all sources		m3/year	193,941	201,804	32,481	31,421	26,002	27,106	57,863	55,933	22,780	25,736
Fellings, all sources		m3/year	183,137	194,183	58,262	47,163	38,373	40,209	39,314	42,886	32,278	35,516
Forests and other wooded lands		ha	145,108	139,950	22,248	20,327	13,640	12,577	49,774	47,124	23,499	23,084
Percentage forested lands		%	80	77	68	62			76	72	72	71
Parameters for projection to 2010
Deforestation factor		%	0.84	FRA 90	1.78	FRA 90 and 95	2	FRA 90	0.81	FRA 90	0.58	FRA 90
Forest plantation progr.		ha	150	200	10	000 ha per year	50	000 ha per year	25	000 ha per year	60	000 ha per year
Removals - ind. Roundwood		m3	34,000	34,000	40,000	31,000	4,928	4,000	1,200	1,500	4,669	5,200
Conservation areas		ha	19,340	19,340	1,390	1,390	4,613	4,613	773	773	935	935
Commercial tree crops		ha	4,000	4,000	1,970	2,050	3,200	3,200	104	120	440	505
Range conversion factor		%	50 estimated		50		75		60		25
Other/range/barren lands		ha	12,049	14,628	7,597	8,557	7,477	8,274	6,340	7,930	3,110	3,214

Table 5 - Status of Forest Resource in Asia Pacific (cont.)

		Unit (1000)	Laos		Thailand		Cambodia		India		Nepal
			1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995
Production forests
Production forests area - total		ha	2,576	2,506	9,469	8,736	5,251	4,991	34,380	35,185	3,017	2,936
	Natural exploitable forests	ha	2,570	2,495	8,940	7,957	5,244	4,984	22,380	21,935	2,937	2,806
	Plantation forests	ha	6	11	529	779	7	7	12,000	13,250	80	130
Commercial growing stock - total		m3	77,400	78,554	399,920	398,616	209,970	208,596	2,123,760	2,466,075	134,028	148,282
	Natural exploitable forests	m3	77,100	74,850	357,600	318,264	209,760	199,360	1,163,760	1,140,620	129,228	123,464
	Plantation forests	m3	300	344	42,320	50,110	210	238	960,000	1,039,500	4,800	5,840
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	1,309	1,292	9,760	11,768	2,650	2,520	87,666	94,855	5,046	5,249
	Natural exploitable forests	m3/year	1,285	1,248	4,470	3,978	2,622	2,492	15,666	15,355	4,406	4,209
	Plantation forests	m3/year	24	44	5,290	7,790	28	28	72,000	79,500	640	1,040
Fellings ind. round., total		m3/year	637	1,008	3,712	1,800	851	2,250	30,475	32,500	1,250	1,375
	Ind. roundwood removals	m3/year	455	720	3,093	1,500	567	1,500	24,380	26,000	1,000	1,100
	Waste and residues	m3/year	182	288	619	300	284	750	6,095	6,500	250	275
Other forests and wooded lands
Conservation areas		ha	0	0	6,475	6,475	3,568	3,568	2,047	8,000	1,000	1,000
Low productive/open forests		ha	18,860	16,294	5,499	4,894	8,473	8,092	48,268	47,279	2,734	2,606
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	9,430	9,147	5,499	4,894	8,473	8,092	19,307	18,911	2,734	2,606
Non forest lands
Commercial tree crops		ha	0	0	2,000	2,100	65	70	1,750	1,750	0	0
Arable lands		ha	849	1,008	17,600	18,504	2,100	2,576	165,000	165,036	2,300	2,405
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	85	101	11,000	11,562	243	293	166,225	166,261	4,140	4,329
Fellings fuel/other wood - total		m3/year	3,152	3,575	30,571	32,007	5,747	6,468	230,438	249,795	17,905	20,072
Wood stock incr., all sources		m3/year	10,824	10,539	26,259	28,224	11,366	10,904	273,198	280,027	11,920	12,183
Fellings, all sources		m3/year	3,789	4,583	34,282	33,807	6,597	8,718	260,913	282,295	19,155	21,447
Forests and other wooded lands		ha	21,436	20,800	14,968	13,630	13,724	13,083	82,648	82,464	5,751	5,542
Percentage forested lands		%	91	88	29	27	78	74	28	28	44	43
Parameters for projection to 2010
Deforestation factor		%	0.6	FRA 95	2.2	estimated	0.9	FRA 90	0.41	FRA 90	0.94
Forest plantation progr.		ha	1	000 ha per year	50	000 ha per year	0	0	250	000 ha per year	10	000 ha per year
Removals - ind. roundwood		m3	455	720	3,093	1,500	567	1,500	24,380	26,000	1,000	1,100
Conservation areas		ha	0	0	6,475	6,475	3,568	3,568	2,047	8,000	1,000	1,000
Commercial tree crops		ha	0	0	2,000	2,100	65	70	1,750	1,880	0	0
Range conversion factor		%	75		25		25		10 estimated		50
Other/range/barren lands		ha	1,395	1,872	16,521	16,856	1,763	1,923	47,921	47,939	4,966	5,071

Table 5 - Status of Forest Resource in Asia Pacific (cont.)

		Unit (1000)	Pakistan		Bhutan		Sri Lanka		Bangladesh		Asia Pacific
			1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995	1990	1995	1990 1995
Production forests
Production forests area - total		ha	2,044	2,138	1,287	1,266	1,040	1,019	834	808	325,255	332,438
	Natural exploitable forests	ha	1,304	1,273	1,273	1,242	951	918	531	465	272,046	262,975
	Plantation forests	ha	740	865	14	24	89	101	303	343	53,210	59,463
Commercial growing stock - total		m3	227,344	275,195	309,466	320,493	54,670	58,355	31,080	24,967	21,473,259	22,478,022
	Natural exploitable forests	m3	157,784	154,033	308,066	300,564	47,550	45,886	15,930	13,939	17,005,148	16,516,992
	Plantation forests	m3	69,560	81,021	1,400	1,688	7,120	8,029	15,150	16,008	4,468,111	4,860,811
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	12,022	13,625	3,987	4,014	2,703	2,744	1,129	1,183	634,807	667,862
	Natural exploitable forests	m3/year	2,217	2,164	3,819	3,726	1,902	1,835	372	325	286,168	275,162
	Plantation forests	m3/year	9,805	11,461	168	288	801	909	758	858	348,639	392,700
Fellings ind. round., total		m3/year	3,994	5,000	339	398	1,815	1,925	2,125	2,906	414,763	421,232
	Ind. roundwood removals	m3/year	3,195	4,000	271	318	1,650	1,750	1,700	2,325	333,924	339,488
	Waste and residues	m3/year	799	1,000	68	80	165	175	425	581	80,839	81,744
Other forests and wooded lands
Conservation areas		ha	970	970	1,049	906	930	930	116	116	178,207	278,661
Low productive/open forests		ha	2,180	1,912	1,693	1,650	1,006	971	1,408	1,232	512,159	501,057
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	1,831	1,606	1,693	1,650	1,509	1,456	282	246	165,986	161,043
Non forest lands
Commercial tree crops		ha	0	0	0	0	874	860	35	35	15,493	15,805
Arable lands		ha	20,000	20,157	300	345	918	988	9,800	9,957	412,199	418,758
Wood stock increment - total		m3/year	16,000	16,125	150	172	4,895	4,987	9,870	10,027	380,952	391,751
Fellings fuel/other wood - total		m3/year	21,948	24,933	1,277	1,405	6,890	7,297	5,635	6,396	787,018	846,592
Wood stock incr., all sources		m3/year	29,853	31,357	5,830	5,836	9,107	9,188	11,281	11,456	1,181,745	1,220,657
Fellings, all sources		m3/year	25,942	29,933	1,616	1,802	8,705	9,222	7,760	9,302	1,201,781	1,267,824
Forests and other wooded lands		ha	4,224	4,050	2,980	2,916	2,046	1,990	2,242	2,040	837,414	823,494
Percentage forested lands		%	5	5	74	72	32	31	17	16	2,843,170
Parameters for projection to 2010
Deforestation factor		%	2.46	FRA 90	0.51	FRA 90	0.7	FRA 90	2.5	FRA 90	29	29
Forest plantation progr.		ha	25	000 ha per year	2	000 ha per year	2.4	par year	8	000 ha per year	11	11
Removals - ind. roundwood		m3	3,195	4,000	271	318	1,650	1,750	1,700	2,325	10	9
Conservation areas		ha	970	970	1,049	906	930	930	116	116	2	2
Commercial tree crops		ha	0	0	0	0	874	860	35	40	16	10
Range conversion factor		%	10 estimated		30 estimated		50 estimated		20
Other/range/barren lands		ha	52,864	52,881	758	777	2,625	2,653	940	980

Source: APFSOS/WP/17