Table 3
Change in forest cover, 1990-95
a) Africa
|
country |
total forest, 1990 |
total forest, 1995 |
total change, 1990-95 |
annual change |
annual change |
|
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
rate (percent) |
|
|
Africa
|
|||||
|
Burkina Faso |
4 431 |
4 271 |
-160 |
-32 |
-0.7 |
|
Cape Verde |
16 |
47 |
31 |
6 |
24.0 |
|
Chad |
11 496 |
11 025 |
-471 |
-94 |
-0.8 |
|
Gambia |
95 |
91 |
-4 |
-1 |
-0.9 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
2 361 |
2 309 |
-52 |
-10 |
-0.4 |
|
Mali |
12 154 |
11 585 |
-569 |
-114 |
-1.0 |
|
Mauritania |
556 |
556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Niger |
2 562 |
2 562 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Senegal |
7 629 |
7 381 |
-248 |
-50 |
-0.7 |
|
West Sahelian Africa |
41 300 |
39 827 |
-1 473 |
-295 |
-0.7 |
|
Djibouti |
22 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Former P.D.R. Ethiopia |
14 173 |
13 861 |
-312 |
-62 |
-0.4 |
|
Eritrea |
282 |
282 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Ethiopia |
13 891 |
13 579 |
-312 |
-62 |
-0.5 |
|
Kenya |
1 309 |
1 292 |
-17 |
-3 |
-0.3 |
|
Somalia |
760 |
754 |
-6 |
-1 |
-0.2 |
|
Sudan |
43 376 |
41 613 |
-1 763 |
-353 |
-0.8 |
|
East Sahelian Africa |
59 640 |
57 542 |
-2 098 |
-420 |
-0.7 |
|
Benin |
4 923 |
4 625 |
-298 |
-60 |
-1.2 |
|
Cote D'Ivoire |
5 623 |
5 469 |
-154 |
-31 |
-0.6 |
|
Ghana |
9 608 |
9 022 |
-586 |
-117 |
-1.3 |
|
Guinea |
6 741 |
6 367 |
-374 |
-75 |
-1,1 |
|
Liberia |
4 641 |
4 507 |
-134 |
-27 |
-0.6 |
|
Nigeria |
14 387 |
13 780 |
-607 |
-121 |
-0.9 |
|
Sierra Leone |
1 522 |
1 309 |
-213 |
-43 |
-3.0 |
|
Togo |
1 338 |
1 245 |
-93 |
-19 |
-1.4 |
|
West Moist Africa |
48 783 |
46 324 |
-2 459 |
-492 |
-1.0 |
|
Burundi |
324 |
317 |
-7 |
-1 |
-0,4 |
|
Cameroon |
20 244 |
19 598 |
-646 |
-129 |
-0.6 |
|
Central African Republic |
30 571 |
29 930 |
-641 |
-128 |
-0.4 |
|
Congo |
19 745 |
19 537 |
-208 |
-42 |
-0.2 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
1 829 |
1 781 |
-48 |
-10 |
-0.5 |
|
Gabon |
18 314 |
17 859 |
-455 |
-91 |
-0.5 |
|
Rwanda |
252 |
250 |
-2 |
n.s. |
-0.2 |
|
São Tomé and Principe |
56 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Uganda |
6 400 |
6 104 |
-296 |
-59 |
-0.9 |
|
Zaire |
112 946 |
109 245 |
-3 701 |
-740 |
-0.7 |
|
Central Africa |
210 681 |
204 677 |
-6 004 |
-1 201 |
-0.6 |
|
Angola |
23 385 |
22 200 |
-1 185 |
-237 |
-1.0 |
|
Botswana |
14 271 |
13 917 |
-354 |
-71 |
-0.5 |
|
Malawi |
3 612 |
3 339 |
-273 |
-55 |
-1.6 |
|
Mozambique |
17 443 |
16 862 |
-581 |
-116 |
-0,7 |
|
Namibia |
12 584 |
12 374 |
-210 |
-42 |
-0.3 |
|
Saint Helena |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Tanzania, United Republic |
34 123 |
32 510 |
-1 613 |
-323 |
-1.0 |
|
Zambia |
32 720 |
31 398 |
-1 322 |
-264 |
-0,8 |
|
Zimbabwe |
8 960 |
8 710 |
-250 |
-50 |
-0.6 |
|
Tropical Southern Africa |
147 099 |
141 311 |
-5 788 |
-1 158 |
-0.8 |
|
Comoros |
12 |
9 |
-3 |
-1 |
-5.6 |
|
Madagascar |
15 756 |
15 106 |
-650 |
-130 |
-0.8 |
|
Mauritius |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Reunion |
89 |
89 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Seychelles |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Insular East Africa |
15 873 |
15 220 |
-653 |
-131 |
-0.8 |
|
Total Tropical Africa |
523 376 |
504 901 |
-18 475 |
-3 695 |
-0.7 |
|
Algeria |
1 978 |
1 861 |
-117 |
-23 |
-1,2 |
|
Egypt |
34 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
400 |
400 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Morocco |
3 894 |
3 835 |
-59 |
-12 |
-0.3 |
|
Tunisia |
570 |
555 |
-15 |
-3 |
-0.5 |
|
North Africa |
6 876 |
6 685 |
-191 |
-38 |
-0.6 |
|
Lesotho |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
South Africa |
8 574 |
8 499 |
-75 |
-15 |
-0.2 |
|
Swaziland |
146 |
146 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Non-tropical Southern Africa |
8 726 |
8 651 |
-75 |
-15 |
-0.2 |
|
Total Non-tropical Africa |
15 602 |
15 336 |
-266 |
-53 |
-0.3 |
|
TOTAL AFRICA |
538 978 |
520 237 |
-18 741 |
-3 748 |
-0.7 |
Table 3 (continued)
Change in forest cover 1990-95
b) Asia, Oceania
|
country |
total forest, 1990 |
total forest, 1995 |
total change, 1990-95 |
annual change |
annual change |
|
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
rate (percent) |
|
|
Asia
|
|||||
|
Bangladesh |
1 054 |
1 010 |
-44 |
-9 |
-0.8 |
|
Bhutan |
2 803 |
2 756 |
-47 |
-9 |
-0.3 |
|
India |
64 969 |
65 005 |
36 |
7 |
n.s. |
|
Maldives |
n.a, |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Nepal |
5 096 |
4 822 |
-274 |
-55 |
-1.1 |
|
Pakistan |
2 023 |
1 748 |
-275 |
-55 |
-2.9 |
|
Sri Lanka |
1 897 |
1 796 |
-101 |
-20 |
-1.1 |
|
South Asia |
77 842 |
77 137 |
-705 |
-141 |
-0.2 |
|
Cambodia |
10 649 |
9 830 |
-819 |
-164 |
-1.6 |
|
Laos |
13 177 |
12 435 |
-742 |
-148 |
-1.2 |
|
Myanmar |
29 088 |
27 151 |
-1 937 |
-387 |
-1.4 |
|
Thailand |
13 277 |
11 630 |
-1 647 |
-329 |
-2.6 |
|
Viet Nam |
9 793 |
9 117 |
-676 |
-135 |
-1.4 |
|
Continental Southeast Asia |
75 984 |
70 163 |
-5 821 |
-1 164 |
-1.6 |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
448 |
434 |
-14 |
-3 |
-0.6 |
|
Indonesia |
115 213 |
109 791 |
-5 422 |
-1 084 |
-1.0 |
|
Malaysia |
17 472 |
15 471 |
-2 001 |
-400 |
-2.4 |
|
Philippines |
8 078 |
6 766 |
-1 312 |
-262 |
-3.5 |
|
Singapore |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Insular Southeast Asia |
141 215 |
132 466 |
-8 749 |
-1 750 |
-1.3 |
|
Total Tropical Asia |
295 041 |
279 766 |
-15 275 |
-3 055 |
-1.1 |
|
Afghanistan |
1 990 |
1 398 |
-592 |
-118 |
-6.8 |
|
Bahrain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Cyprus |
140 |
140 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Iran |
1 686 |
1 544 |
-142 |
-28 |
-1.7 |
|
Iraq |
83 |
83 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Israel |
102 |
102 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Jordan |
51 |
45 |
-6 |
-1 |
-2.5 |
|
Kuwait |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Lebanon |
78 |
52 |
-26 |
-5 |
-7.8 |
|
Oman |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Qatar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
231 |
222 |
-9 |
-2 |
-0.8 |
|
Syrian Arab Rep. |
245 |
219 |
-26 |
-5 |
-2.2 |
|
Turkey |
8 856 |
8 856 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
60 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Yemen |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Near East |
13 536 |
12 735 |
-801 |
-160 |
-1.2 |
|
China |
133 756 |
133 323 |
-433 |
-87 |
-0.1 |
|
Hong Kong |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Japan |
25 212 |
25 146 |
-66 |
-13 |
-0.1 |
|
Korea, D.P.R. |
6 170 |
6 170 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Korea, Republic |
7 691 |
7 626 |
-65 |
-13 |
-0.2 |
|
Macau |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Mongolia |
9 406 |
9 406 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
East Asia |
182 235 |
181 671 |
-564 |
-113 |
-0.1 |
|
Total Temperate Asia |
195 771 |
194 406 |
-1 365 |
-273 |
-0.1 |
|
TOTAL ASIA |
490 812 |
474 172 |
-16 640 |
-3 328 |
-0.7 |
|
Oceania
|
|||||
|
American Samoa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Cook Islands |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Fiji |
853 |
835 |
-18 |
-4 |
-0.4 |
|
French Polynesia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Guam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Kiribati |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
New Caledonia |
701 |
698 |
-3 |
-1 |
-0.1 |
|
Niue Island |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Pacific Is. (Trust Terr.) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
37 605 |
36 939 |
-666 |
-133 |
-0.4 |
|
Samoa |
144 |
136 |
-8 |
-2 |
-1.1 |
|
Solomon Islands |
2 412 |
2 389 |
-23 |
-5 |
-0.2 |
|
Tonga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Vanuatu |
938 |
900 |
-38 |
-8 |
-0.8 |
|
Tropical Oceania |
42 659 |
41 903 |
-756 |
-151 |
-0.4 |
|
Australia |
40 823 |
40 908 |
85 |
17 |
n.s. |
|
New Zealand |
7 667 |
7 884 |
217 |
43 |
0.6 |
|
Total Temperate Oceania |
48 490 |
48 792 |
302 |
60 |
0.1 |
|
TOTAL OCEANIA |
91 149 |
90 695 |
-454 |
-91 |
-0.1 |
Table 3 (continued)
Change in forest cover 1990-95
c) Europe, former USSR
|
country |
total forest, 1990 |
total forest, 1995 |
total change, 1990-95 |
annual change |
annual change |
|
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
rate (percent) |
|
|
Europe |
|||||
|
Finland |
20 112 |
20 029 |
-83 |
-17 |
-0.1 |
|
Iceland |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Norway |
7 938 |
8 073 |
135 |
27 |
0.3 |
|
Sweden |
24 437 |
24 425 |
-12 |
-2 |
n.s. |
|
Northern Europe |
52 498 |
52 538 |
40 |
8 |
n.s. |
|
Austria |
3 877 |
3 877 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Belgium-Luxembourg |
709 |
709 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Denmark |
417 |
417 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
France |
14 230 |
15 034 |
804 |
161 |
1.1 |
|
Germany |
10 740 |
10 740 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Greece |
5 809 |
6 513 |
704 |
141 |
2.3 |
|
Ireland |
500 |
570 |
70 |
14 |
2.7 |
|
Italy |
6 467 |
6 496 |
29 |
6 |
0.1 |
|
Liechtenstein |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Malta |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Netherlands |
334 |
334 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Portugal |
2 755 |
2 875 |
120 |
24 |
0.9 |
|
Spain |
8 388 |
8 388 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Switzerland |
1 130 |
1 130 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
United Kingdom |
2 326 |
2 390 |
64 |
13 |
0.5 |
|
Western Europe |
57 688 |
59 479 |
1 791 |
358 |
0.6 |
|
Albania |
1 046 |
1 046 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 710 |
2 710 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Bulgaria |
3 237 |
3 240 |
3 |
1 |
n.s. |
|
Croatia |
1 825 |
1 825 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Czech Republic |
2 629 |
2 630 |
1 |
n.s. |
n.s. |
|
Hungary |
1 675 |
1 719 |
44 |
9 |
0.5 |
|
Poland |
8 672 |
8 732 |
60 |
12 |
0.1 |
|
Macedonia |
989 |
988 |
-1 |
n.s. |
n.s. |
|
Romania |
6 252 |
6 246 |
-6 |
-1 |
n.s, |
|
Slovakia |
1 977 |
1 989 |
12 |
2 |
0.1 |
|
Slovenia |
1 077. |
1 077 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic |
1 769 |
1 769 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Eastern Europe |
33 858 |
33 971 |
113 |
23 |
0.1 |
|
TOTAL EUROPE |
144 044 |
145 988 |
1 944 |
389 |
0.3 |
|
Area of the former USSR |
|||||
|
Armenia |
292 |
334 |
42 |
8 |
2.7 |
|
Azerbaijan |
990 |
990 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Belarus |
7 028 |
7 372 |
344 |
69 |
1.0 |
|
Estonia |
1 913 |
2 011 |
98 |
20 |
1.0 |
|
Georgia |
2 988 |
2 988 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Kazakhstan |
9 540 |
10 504 |
964 |
193 |
1.9 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
730 |
730 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Latvia |
2 757 |
2 882 |
125 |
25 |
0.9 |
|
Lithuania |
1 920 |
1 976 |
56 |
11 |
0.6 |
|
Moldova, Republic of |
357 |
357 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Russian Federation |
763 500 |
763 500 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Tajikistan |
410 |
410 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Turkmenistan |
3 754 |
3 754 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Ukraine |
9 213 |
9 240 |
27 |
5 |
0.1 |
|
Uzbekistan |
7 989 |
9 119 |
1 130 |
226 |
2.7 |
|
TOTAL AREA OF THE FORMER USSR |
813 381 |
816 167 |
2 786 |
557 |
0.1 |
Table 3 (continued)
Change in forest cover 1990-95
d) North and Central America, South America
|
country |
total forest, 1990 |
total forest, 1995 |
total change, 1990-95 |
annual change |
annual change |
|
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
thousand ha |
rate (percent) |
|
|
North and Central America
|
|||||
|
Canada |
243 698 |
244 571 |
873 |
175 |
0.1 |
|
United States of America |
209 572 |
212 515 |
2 943 |
589 |
0.3 |
|
Temperate North and Central America |
453 270 |
457 086 |
3 816 |
763 |
0.2 |
|
Belize |
1 995 |
1 962 |
-33 |
-7 |
-0.3 |
|
Costa Rica |
1 455 |
1 248 |
-207 |
-41 |
-3.0 |
|
El Salvador |
124 |
105 |
-19 |
-4 |
-3.3 |
|
Guatemala |
4 253 |
3 841 |
-412 |
-82 |
-2.0 |
|
Honduras |
4 626 |
4 115 |
-511 |
-102 |
-2.3 |
|
Mexico |
57 927 |
55 387 |
-2 540 |
-508 |
-0.9 |
|
Nicaragua |
6 314 |
5 560 |
-754 |
-151 |
-2.5 |
|
Panama |
3 118 |
2 800 |
-318 |
-64 |
-2.1 |
|
Central America and Mexico |
79 812 |
75 018 |
-4 794 |
-959 |
-1.2 |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Bahamas |
180 |
158 |
-22 |
-4 |
-2.6 |
|
Barbados |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Bermuda |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
5 |
4 |
-1 |
0 |
-4.4 |
|
Cayman Islands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Cuba |
1 960 |
1 842 |
-118 |
-24 |
-1.2 |
|
Dominica |
46 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Dominican Republic |
1 714 |
1 582 |
-132 |
-26 |
-1.6 |
|
Grenada |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Guadeloupe |
87 |
80 |
-7 |
-1 |
-1.7 |
|
Haiti |
25 |
21 |
-4 |
-1 |
-3.4 |
|
Jamaica |
254 |
175 |
-79 |
-16 |
-7.2 |
|
Martinique |
40 |
38 |
-2 |
n.s. |
-1.0 |
|
Montserrat |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Puerto Rico |
287 |
275 |
-12 |
-2 |
-0.9 |
|
Saint Kitts |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Saint Lucia |
6 |
5 |
-1 |
0 |
-3.6 |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Saint Vincent/Grenadine |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
174 |
161 |
-13 |
-3 |
-1.5 |
|
US Virgin Islands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
Caribbean |
4 816 |
4 425 |
-391 |
-78 |
-1.7 |
|
Total Tropical North and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Central America |
84 628 |
79 443 |
-5 185 |
-1 037 |
-1.3 |
|
TOTAL NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA |
537 898 |
536 529 |
-1 369 |
-274 |
-0.1 |
|
South America
|
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|
Bolivia |
51 217 |
48 310 |
-2 907 |
-581 |
-1.2 |
|
Brazil |
563 911 |
551 139 |
-12 772 |
-2 554 |
-0.5 |
|
Colombia |
54 299 |
52 988 |
-1 311 |
-262 |
-0.5 |
|
Ecuador |
12 082 |
11 137 |
-945 |
-189 |
-1.6 |
|
French Guiana |
7 994 |
7 990 |
-4 |
-1 |
n.s. |
|
Guyana |
18 620 |
18 577 |
-43 |
-9 |
n.s. |
|
Paraguay |
13 160 |
11 527 |
-1 633 |
-327 |
-2.6 |
|
Peru |
68 646 |
67 562 |
-1 084 |
-217 |
-0.3 |
|
Suriname |
14 782 |
14 721 |
-61 |
-12 |
-0.1 |
|
Venezuela |
46 512 |
43 995 |
-2 517 |
-503 |
-1,1 |
|
Tropical South America |
851 223 |
827 946 |
-23 277 |
-4 655 |
-0.6 |
|
Argentina |
34 389 |
33 942 |
-447 |
-89 |
-0.3 |
|
Chile |
8 038 |
7 892 |
-146 |
-29 |
-0.4 |
|
Uruguay |
816 |
814 |
-2 |
n.s. |
n.s. |
|
Temperate South America |
43 243 |
42 648 |
-595 |
-119 |
-0.3 |
|
TOTAL SOUTH AMERICA |
894 466 |
870 594 |
-23 872 |
-4 774 |
-0.5 |
|
GRAND TOTALS |
3 510 728 |
3 454 382 |
-56 346 |
-11 269 |
-0.3 |
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
