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Table 6

Volume and biomass distribution at the year 1990


Region

Area

Volume


Biomass


million ha

m3/ha

Total

million m3

Per Caput

m3/inh

tons/ha

Total

million tons

Per Caput

tons/inh


Europe

149

129

19 264

34

79

11 864

21

Former USSR

755

112

84 234

240

68

51 648

147

North America

457

117

53 401

193

98

44 948

163

Developed Asia & Oceania

71

92

6 553

46

58

4 137

29


Developed regions

1 432

114

163 451

122

79

112 598

84


Africa

541

103

55 655

87

134

72 306

113

Asia & Pacific

441

125

55 200

19

171

75 269

26

Latin America & Caribbean

960

114

109 421

244

188

180 307

403


Developing regions

1 941

113

220 276

55

169

327 882

82


ALL REGIONS

3 374

114

383 727

72

131

440 479

82



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