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| Table17
State of forest inventory in developing countries at end1990 |
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| Region/
Continent |
Number of countries under assessment |
Number of countries with forest resources data at national level
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Forest area information (number of assessment and reference years)
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Additional information
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No assessment |
One assessment
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More than one assessment |
forest plaNTATIONS |
Volume and biomass |
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before 1981 |
1981-90 |
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| TROPICAL | ||||||||
| Africa |
45 |
3 |
28 |
12 |
2 |
42 |
2 |
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| Asia & Pacific |
29 |
0 |
13 |
6 |
10 |
19 |
7 |
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| L. America & Caribbean |
41 |
0 |
23 |
9 |
9 |
23 |
9 |
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| Total Tropical |
115 |
3 |
64 |
27 |
21 |
84 |
18 |
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| NON TROPICAL | ||||||||
| Africa |
8 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
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| Asia & Pacific |
17 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
5 |
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| L. America & Caribbean |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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| Total non-tropical |
28 |
4 |
11 |
9 |
4 |
28 |
6 |
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| ALL DEVELOPING | ||||||||
| Africa |
53 |
6 |
28 |
17 |
2 |
50 |
3 |
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| Asia & Pacific |
46 |
1 |
23 |
8 |
14 |
36 |
12 |
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| L. America & Caribbean |
44 |
0 |
24 |
11 |
9 |
26 |
9 |
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| Total developping |
143 |
7 |
75 |
36 |
25 |
112 |
24 |
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Source: FORIS database
