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Table14

State of forest biomass and annual loss due to deforestation


Region

Forest cover area

Forest biomass


Annual loss due to deforestation

1981-90


1990

Average per ha

Total

Average per caput

Superficie

Biomass


million ha

tons/ ha

10 6 tons

t/person

million ha

milliontons

% of total


Africa

527,7

133

70 201

144

4,1

479

18

West Sahelian Africa

40,8

64

2 628

62

0,3

19

1

East Sahelian Africa

65,5

80

5 254

43

0,6

48

2

West Africa

55,6

97

5 409

34

0,6

57

2

Central Africa

204,1

227

46 349

878

1,1

259

10

Tropical Southern Africa

145,9

60

8 824

93

1,3

81

3

Insular Africa

15,9

109

1 737

122

0,1

15

1

Asia &Pacífic

315,4

181

57 149

36

3,9

737

28

South Asia

63,9

100

6 368

6

0,6

55

2

Continental South East

75,2

187

14 075

80

1,3

246

9

Insular South-East

135,4

213

28 837

110

1,9

410

15

Pacífic

40,8

193

7 870

1 297

0,1

26

1

Latin América & Caribbean

918,1

185

169 847

425

7,4

1 303

49

Central America & Mexico

68,1

95

6 483

55

1,1

106

4

Caribbean

47,1

247

11 640

331

0,1

30

1

Tropical South America

802,9

189

151 723

615

6,2

1 167

44


ALL TROPICAL REGIONS

1 761,2

169

297 197

121

15,4

2 519

94


NO TROPICAL REGIONS

180,2

170

30 685

20

0,9

152

6


TOTAL DEVELOPING

1 941,5

169

327 882

82

16,3

2 671

100


Sources : FORIS database

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