The table provides information on actual removal of “Round Wood” from “Forests”, “Other Wooded Lands” and “Other Land with Trees” (including Trees Outside Forests). It indicates the economic and social potential and utility of forest tree species in national economy and dependent local communities. It helps to monitor sustained use of tree resources by comparing actual removal with sustainable potential.
A. Global Classification and Definitions (FRA 2005)
Industrial Round Wood Removal |
The “round wood” removed (volume in round wood under-bark) from “Forest” or “Other Wooded Land” for production of goods and services other than source of “wood fuel” (“fuelwood”). |
Wood Fuel (Fuelwood ) Removal |
The “Wood Fuel” removed from “Forest” or “Other Wooded Land” (volume in round wood under-bark) both for industrial and domestic purposes. |
Source: FAO. 2004. Terms and Definition FRA-2005. FRA Working paper 73. Rome
B. National Data Sources
Forestry Statistics complied and published by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Dehradun provides basic information. It present information by individual States and Union Territories in India . However it does not provide national totals because it maintains reporting units of the States and does not covert into same units. For example, some States report production of wooden poles by number and some other by cubic meters.
The period of the annual reporting is from April 1st to March 31st of next year. It covers first nine months of the starting year and next 3 months of ending year, therefore information has been dealt as belonging to the starting year. For example, the period 1st April 96 to 31st March 1997 is nationally denoted as 1996-97 and contains 9 months of 1996 and only 3 months of 1997 therefore the information has been treated as for 1996. Following publication have been used for archiving National Data.
- For 1988 to 1993: Forestry Statistics, India, 1988-95. 1997. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.
- For 1994 &1995: Forestry Statistics, India, 1996. 1998. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.
- For 1996 & 1997: Forestry Statistics, India, 2000. 2002.Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.
C. National Classification and Definitions
The units of the published wood removal figures were first converted to cubic meters by using following factors. Then quantity of wood, poles, pulp wood and match wood was totalled to derive figures of industrial round wood removal. The figures of fuelwood, if in tonnes, were converted to round wood cubic meters using the first of the two following conversion factors.
1 metric ton of wood = 1.37931 cubic meters round
1 wooden pole = 0.05 cubic meters
D. National Data
Product |
Unit |
1990 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Industrial Timber |
Mill Cub M |
4.534 |
3.394 |
3.708 |
2.746 |
2.801 |
2.274 |
2.187 |
1.927 |
Wood Fuel |
Mill Cub M |
3.293 |
3.025 |
3.452 |
2.609 |
2.575 |
3.174 |
3.686 |
2.968 |
E. Calibration
This step was not considered necessary.
F. Estimation and Forecasting
For estimating wood removal in year 2000, the information for full past five year period (1998 to 2002) is not available, therefore, the annual average supply for 2000 has been estimated as an average of last 2 years (1996 and 1997) of wood removal for which information is available.
The information for 2005 has been forecasted on the basis of simple linear regression using actual wood removal information from 1994 to 1997 and estimated removal during 2000.
G. Reclassification into FRA 2005 Classes
The national data did not need any reclassification as fuelwood (wood fuel) is reported separately than wood (Timber, Wood Poles, Matchwood and Pulpwood).
H. National Information for FRA 2005 Global Tables
National information is not available separately for “Wood Removal” from “forest” and “Other Wooded Lands”. Since, most of the reported production comes from “forest” and hence it has been shown against “forests”. No information is available on “wood removals” from “Other Land with Trees”.
Table: Input to Global Reporting Tables
Round Wood Removal
|
Volume in "million" cubic meters as round wood under bark | |||||
Forests |
Other Land with Trees (Trees Outside Forest) | |||||
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 | |
Industrial Round Wood |
4.534 |
1.927 |
1.088 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Wood Fuel (Fuelwood ) |
3.293 |
2.968 |
1.676 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Total for Country |
7.827 |
4.895 |
2.764 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Note:
1. Forecast of Industrial Round Wood for 2005 is based on linear regression using recent data (1998 to 2000)
2. Estimated of Fuelwood for 2000 and 2005 based on average ratio (fuelwood to timber during 1995 to 1999)
3. Following conversion factors have been used 1metric ton Wood Fuel = 1.37931 cubic meter rood wood: from FAO Forestry Statistics Series 171 (Pub. 2001); 1 normal wooden pole (mainly hard wood species) = 0.05 cubic meters
