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Table 12 - Scenarios for Future Natural Forest Resources in the South Pacific (hectares)

Country

FRA 1990 estimate of natural forest

Best alternative estimate of natural forest

Best estimate of merch'tble forest

Year of best estimate

Estimated 1993 net harvest lore rate

Estimated merch'tble forest for 1995

Australia

N/A

40,700,000

15,905,000

1995

350,000

15,900,000

New Zealand

N/A

6,228,000

288,000

1993

3,300

284,000

TOTAL

46,928,000

46,928,000

17,293,000


353,300

17,284,000

PNG

36,000,000

36,000,000

8,850,000

1995

72,000

8,850,000

Solomon Is.

2,394,000

2,626,375

598,500

1993

12,000

578,200

Fiji

775,000

897,000

202,000

1992

2,500

200,000

Vanuatu

802,000

438,300

-100,000

1995

2,600

-96,000

New Caledonia

701,000

372,000

150,000

1993

100

150,000

TOTAL

40,672,000

40,333,675

9,900,500


87,350

9,874,200

W. Samoa

124,000

158,700

16,000

1995

500

16,000

F. Polynesia

0

N/A

N/A


0

0

Tonga

0

4,000

-0

1995

-40

-40

Cook Isl.

N/A

-10,000

-2,000

1995

100

-1,800

Kiribati

0

0

0

1995

0

0

Nauru

N/A

-0

0

1995

0

0

Niue

0

18,200

3,200

1981

16

3,000

Norfolk Isl.

N/A

465

0

1995

0

0

Pitcairn Isl.

N/A

-500

0

1995

0

0

Tokelau

0

N/A

0

1990

0

0

Tuvalu

N/A

0

0

1995

0

0

Wallis and Futuna Isl.

N/A

-20

0

1990

0

0

TOTAL

124,000

191,885

20,200


336

20,800

GRAND TOTAL

87,724,000

87,453,560

27,213,000


440,986

27,179,000

Source: APFSOS/WP/01


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