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| Table14
State of forest biomass and annual loss due to deforestation |
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Region |
Forest cover area |
Forest biomass
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Annual loss due to deforestation 1981-90
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1990 |
Average per ha |
Total |
Average per caput |
Superficie |
Biomass |
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million ha |
tons/ ha |
10 6 tons |
t/person |
million ha |
milliontons |
% of total |
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| Africa |
527,7 |
133 |
70 201 |
144 |
4,1 |
479 |
18 |
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| West Sahelian Africa |
40,8 |
64 |
2 628 |
62 |
0,3 |
19 |
1 |
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| East Sahelian Africa |
65,5 |
80 |
5 254 |
43 |
0,6 |
48 |
2 |
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| West Africa |
55,6 |
97 |
5 409 |
34 |
0,6 |
57 |
2 |
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| Central Africa |
204,1 |
227 |
46 349 |
878 |
1,1 |
259 |
10 |
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| Tropical Southern Africa |
145,9 |
60 |
8 824 |
93 |
1,3 |
81 |
3 |
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| Insular Africa |
15,9 |
109 |
1 737 |
122 |
0,1 |
15 |
1 |
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| Asia &Pacífic |
315,4 |
181 |
57 149 |
36 |
3,9 |
737 |
28 |
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| South Asia |
63,9 |
100 |
6 368 |
6 |
0,6 |
55 |
2 |
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| Continental South East |
75,2 |
187 |
14 075 |
80 |
1,3 |
246 |
9 |
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| Insular South-East |
135,4 |
213 |
28 837 |
110 |
1,9 |
410 |
15 |
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| Pacífic |
40,8 |
193 |
7 870 |
1 297 |
0,1 |
26 |
1 |
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| Latin América & Caribbean |
918,1 |
185 |
169 847 |
425 |
7,4 |
1 303 |
49 |
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| Central America & Mexico |
68,1 |
95 |
6 483 |
55 |
1,1 |
106 |
4 |
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| Caribbean |
47,1 |
247 |
11 640 |
331 |
0,1 |
30 |
1 |
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| Tropical South America |
802,9 |
189 |
151 723 |
615 |
6,2 |
1 167 |
44 |
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| ALL TROPICAL REGIONS |
1 761,2 |
169 |
297 197 |
121 |
15,4 |
2 519 |
94 |
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| NO TROPICAL REGIONS |
180,2 |
170 |
30 685 |
20 |
0,9 |
152 |
6 |
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| TOTAL DEVELOPING |
1 941,5 |
169 |
327 882 |
82 |
16,3 |
2 671 |
100 |
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| Sources : FORIS database | ||||||||
