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Table 2

State of forest inventory 1990
Country
Land classification
Volume / biomass
Area change
Year(s) of inventory
Monitoring
Information obtained by
Information obtained by
Information obtained by
Finland
80,89
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
Norway
80.86
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
Sweden
85,89
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
Nordics
Belgium
80
Denmark
79
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Iceland
7085
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Ireland
89
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Netherlands
82,85
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
United Kingdom
88,89
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
North Western Europe
Austria
86,90
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
Former Czechoslovakia
88
sampling
sampling
sampling
France
76,88
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
Germany
87,89
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Luxembourg
89
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Poland
89
sampling
sampling
sampling
Switzerland
83,85
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
Central Eastern Europe
Albania
90
sampling
aggregation
sampling
Bulgaria
90
sampling
sampling
n.a.
Cyprus
90
no
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Greece
64
no
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Hungary
90
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Israel
89,90
sampling
sampling
n.a.
Italy
88
sampling
sampling
aggregation
Romania
90
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Turkey
90
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Former Yugoslavia, SFR
87,88
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
South East Europe
Portugal
80,86
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Spain
90
sampling
sampling
sampling
Iberia
EUROPE
Belarus
88
sampling
sampling
sampling
Other former USSR
88
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
Ukraine
88
sampling
sampling
sampling
FORMER USSR
Canada
86
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
USA
87
yes
sampling
sampling
sampling
NORTH AMERICA
Australia
90
Japan
85
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
New Zealand
87,89
aggregation
aggregation
aggregation
DEVELOPED ASIA/OCEANIA

Table 2

State of forest inventory 19901
Country
Number of national forest surveys/inventories
Survey used as baseline
Change assesment
Total
Before 1981
198190 (inclusive)
Reference year
Reliability class
Reliability class
Burkina Faso
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Cape Verde
1
0
1
1980,88
3
3
Chad
0
0
0
1980
3
3
Gambia
1
1
0
1980
1
3
GuineaBissau
1
1
0
1976
2
3
Mali
1
0
1
1988
1
3
Mauritania
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Niger
1
1
0
1977
2
3
Senegal
1
1
0
1978
2
3
West Sahelian Africa
Djibouti
1
0
1
1985
2
3
Ethiopia, former PDR
1
1
0
1975
3
3
Kenya
1
1
0
1976
3
3
Somalia
0
0
0
1980
3
3
Sudan
1
0
1
1983
3
3
Uganda
1
1
0
1980
3
3
East Sahelian Africa
Benin
1
1
0
1975
2
3
Côte d'Ivoire
2
1
1
1987
1
2
Ghana
1
1
0
1980,87
3
3
Guinea
1
1
0
1980,88
2
3
Liberia
1
0
1
1981
2
3
Nigeria
1
1
0
1976
2
3
Sierra Leone
1
1
0
1976
2
3
Togo
1
1
0
1975
2
3
West Africa
Cameroon
1
1
0
1975,87
2
3
Central African Republic
1
0
1
1982
2
3
Congo
1
1
0
1967
3
3
Equatorial Guinea
1
0
1
1990
1
3
Gabon
1
1
0
1970
3
3
Zaire
1
0
1
1976,84
2
3
Central Africa
Angola
1
1
0
1974
2
3
Botswana
1
0
1
1987
2
3
Burundi
1
1
0
1977
2
3
Malawi
1
0
1
1990
2
3
Mozambique
1
1
0
1972
2
3
Namibia
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Rwanda
2
0
2
1987
1
2
United Republic of Tanzania
1
1
0
1972,81
2
3
Zambia
1
0
1
1984
2
3
Zimbabwe
1
0
1
1985
3
3
Tropical South Africa
Comoros
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Madagascar
1
1
0
1973,76
2
3
Mauritius
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Reunion
1
1
0
1980
2
3
Saint Helena
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Seychelles
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Insular Africa
TROPICAL AFRICA
Algeria
1
0
1
1984
2
3
Egypt
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Libya Arab Jamahiriya
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Morocco
1
0
1
1984
3
3
Tunisia
1
0
1
1990
2
3
North Africa
Lesotho
1
0
1
1984
3
3
South Africa
1
1
0
1955
3
3
Swaziland
1
0
1
1983
2
3
Non Tropical South Africa
NON TROPICAL AFRICA
Bangladesh
1
0
1
1984
2
2
Bhutan
1
1
0
1978
2
3
India
3
0
3
1988
1
2
Nepal
2
2
0
1979
2
1
Pakistan
1
0
1
1990
2
3
Sri Lanka
2
1
1
1983
2
1
South Asia
Cambodia
2
1
1
1989
1
2
Laos
2
1
1
1989
1
1
Myanmar
2
1
1
1989
2
2
Thailand
5
3
2
1987
2
1
Vietnam
2
1
1
1987
2
2
Continental S. E. Asia
Brunei Darussalam
1
0
1
1984
2
3
Indonesia
1
0
1
1982
2
2
Malaysia
2
1
1
1982,87
1
1
Philippines
2
1
1
1988
2
1
Singapore
1
0
1
1987
2
1
Insular S. E. Asia
Papua New Guinea
1
0
1
1990
3
3
American Samoa
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Fiji
1
1
0
1980
3
3
French Polynesia
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Guam
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Kiribati
1
1
0
1980
3
3
New Caledonia
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Niue
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Pacific Islands
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Samoa
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Solomon Islands
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Tonga
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Vanuatu
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Pacific
TROPICAL ASIA
Afghanistan
2
1
1
1968,90
2
3
Bahrain
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Iran
1
1
0
1959,80
3
3
Iraq
1
1
0
1966
3
3
Jordan
1
0
1
1990
3
3
Kuwait
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Lebanon
2
1
1
1990
1
1
Oman
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Qatar
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Saudi Arabia
1
1
0
1971
3
3
Syrian Arab Republic
1
1
0
1980
3
3
United Arab Emirates
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Yemen
1
0
1
1987
3
3
Middle East
China
3
1
2
1988
1
2
Korea, DPR
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Korea, Rep.
4
3
1
1992
1
1
Mongolia
1
1
0
1972
3
3
Temperate Asia
NON TROPICAL ASIA
Costa Rica
3
1
2
1987
1
1
El Salvador
1
1
0
1975
2
3
Guatemala
2
1
1
1988
2
2
Honduras
2
1
1
1986
2
2
Mexico
1
1
0
1970,86
2
3
Nicaragua
1
1
0
1979
3
2
Panama
2
1
1
1986
1
2
Central America
Barbados
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Bermuda
1
1
0
1980
3
3
British Virgin Islands
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Cayman Islands
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Monserrat
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Netherlands Antilles
1
1
0
1980
3
3
St.Pierre & Miquelon
1
1
0
1980
3
3
United States Virgin Islands
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Antigua and Barbuda
1
1
0
1980
2
3
Bahamas
1
0
1
1986
2
3
Belize
1
1
0
1979
2
3
Cuba
1
0
1
1990
1
3
Dominica
1
0
1
1984
2
3
Dominican Republic
1
0
1
1983
2
3
French Guyana
1
1
0
1973
2
3
Grenada
1
0
1
1982
2
3
Guadeloupe
1
0
1
1985
2
3
Guyana
1
1
0
1975
2
3
Haiti
2
2
0
1977
2
3
Jamaica
2
1
1
1985
2
2
Martinique
1
1
0
1974
2
3
Puerto Rico
2
1
1
1985
1
1
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
1
0
1980
2
3
St. Lucia
1
0
1
1982
2
3
St. Vincent
1
0
1
1984
2
3
Suriname
1
1
0
1970
2
3
Trinidad and Tobago
1
1
0
1980
2
3
Caribbean
Bolivia
1
1
0
1975
2
3
Brazil
2
1
1
1981,91
2
2
Colombia
1
1
0
1980
1
3
Ecuador
1
0
1
1987
1
3
Paraguay
3
2
1
198085
2
2
Peru
1
1
0
1975
1
3
Venezuela
1
1
0
1977
1
3
Tropical South America
TROPICAL LATIN AM/CARIBBEAN
Argentina
1
0
1
1987
3
3
Chile
1
1
0
1980
3
3
Uruguay
1
1
0
1980
3
3
NON TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA
1 The term "Monitoring" is used to cover nation-wide assessment on a continuing basis.

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