Appendix I
Time series data by country

FAO's 1980 estimate: F
Estimated by author: E
Land: L

Tropical Africa
Countries Area: Million ha. Forest Cover %			Reference year	Total area of Plantations (000 ha)	Species/Sp.group area in 1000 ha or %	Source
Burkina Faso			1977	4.60	Eucalyptus, Neem, Teak and Gmelina	5
	L.Area:	27.380	1980	12.00		F
	Forest:	000	1986	16.30		6
			1989	25.80		6
			1990	28.00		E
Gambia			1980	1.00		E
	L.Area:	1.000	1988	1.20		22
	Forest:	21.6%	1990	1.20		E
Guinea Bissau			1990	0.10		26
	L.Area:	3.612
	Forest:	56.2%
Mali			1980	1.30	Gmelina, Teak, Neem, Eucalyptus, Community (60%)	F
	L.Area:	124.138	1981	4.00		39
	Forest:	6%	1984	7.50		40
			1990	20.00		41
Niger			1980	6.00	Community (7.90) Acacias, Neem & Eucalyptus	F
	L.Area:	126.670	1989	16.50		47
	Forest:	2%	1990	17.00		E
Senegal			1978	7.10	Teak, Gmelina, Anacardium, Neem, Community (113.50)	56
	L.Area:	19.200	1980	12.50		F
	Forest:	57.6%	1982	31.80		56
			1984	49.50		57
			1989	155.20		58
			1990	160.00		E
Tchad			1977	3.90	Neem, Eucalyptus, Acacia albida, Prosopis	71
	L.Area:	125.920	1980	3.50		F
	Forest:	10.7%	1982	4.00		72
			1989	5.50		73
			1990	6.00		E
WEST SAHEL			1980	36.60
WEST SAHEL			1990	232.30
Ethiopia			1980	98.20	Industrial (10%) Eucalyptus, Pines & Cypress	F
	L.Area:	110.100	1988	250.00		19
	Forest:	24.7%	1990	270.00		E
Kenya			1974	120.00	Cypress (40%), Pines (45%), Eucalyptus (10%)	28
	L.Area:	56.925	1980	145.00		E
	Forest:	3.8%	1981	147.40		29
			1985	166.00		30
			1989	168.00		30
			1990	168.00		E
Somalia			1980	11.00	Mostly Casuarina & Neem	F
	L.Area:	62.734	1985	3.40		61
	Forest:	14.4%	1990	6.00		E
Sudan			1977	142.10	A. senegal (45%), Teak (7%), A. nilotica (23%) Eucalyptus (6.5%)	63
	L.Area:	237.600	1980	165.00		E
	Forest:	20.1%
			1985	191.90		64
			1989	279.50	Industrial (15%), Fuelwood (50%), A.senegal (20%)	64
			1990	290.00	Industrial (15%), Fuelwood (50%), A.senegal (20%)	E
Uganda			1980	28.00	Pines, Eucalyptus & Cypress	E
	L.Area:	19.971	1984	28.00		76
	Forest:	7.5%	1988	28.00		77
			1990	28.00		E
EAST SAHEL			1980	447.20
EAST SAHEL			1990	762.00
Cameroon			1978	4.10	E. saligna (50%), Pines (10%), A.senegal, C. siamea, Neem & Khaya ivorensis	9
	L.Area:	46.545	1980	6.00		E
	Forest:	37.4%	1982	10.50		9
			1990	23.00		10
Centr.Afri.Rep			1980	.5		F
	L.Area:	62.298
	Forest:	57.5%	1990	9.00		11
Congo			1978	6.30	Eucalyptus & Pines	15
	L.Area:	34.200	1980	16.80		F
	Forest:	60%	1982	25.00		16
			1989	49.10		16
			1990	53.00		14
Gabon			1980	19.00	A. klaineana (85%) Eucalyptus & Pines	F
	L.Area:	26.767	1990	30.00		21
	Forest:	78.5%
Zaire			1980	22.50	Eucalyptus, T.superba, Acacias, Pines, Gmelina	F
	L.Area:	226.760	1985	57.00		78
	Forest:	78.3%	1989	60.00		78
			1990	60.00		E
CENTRAL AFRICA			1980	64.80
CENTRAL AFRICA			1990	175.00
Benin			1980	12.00	Teak (6.30), Anacardium (5.50)	E
	L.Area:	11.26	1983	14.30		2
	Forest:	35%	1990	20.00		E
Cote d'Ivoire			1980	44.90	Teak (33%), Cedrela (11) Terminalia spp. (40%) Industrial (74.20)	F
	L.Area:	31.800	1985	64.80		17
	Forest:	31%	1989	86.00		17
			1990	90.00		E
Ghana			1978	46.10	Gmelina, Eucalyptus, Teak, Tivorensis, Masonia altissima, Neem, Cassia siamea	23
	L.Area:	23.854	1980	60.00		E
	Forest:	38.1%	1982	69.10		24
			1985	65.00		25
			1989	71.00		25
			1990	75.00
Liberia			1977	5.50	Teak, Gmelina & Pine	31
	L.Area:	9.775	1982	8.30		32
	Forest:	49.6%	1984	8.30		33
			1990	7.50		E
Nigeria			1970	61.00	Gmelina (39%), Teak (26%)	50
	L.Area:	92.377	1977	132.30		48
	Forest:	31.7%	1980	163.30		51
			1984	209.30		52
			1989	209.00		52
			1990	216.00	Gmelina(42%), Teak(17%) Neem(10%)	49
Sierra Leone			1979	4.90	Gmelina(50%)	59
	L.Area:	7.162	1980	5.80		F
	Forest:	28.8%	1985	6.00		59
			1989	8.00		60
			1990	8.00		E
Togo			1980	7.00	Teak & Eucalyptus	E
	L.Area:	5.660	1983	9.00		74
	Forest:	31.2%	1985	16.70		75
			1989	22.90		75
			1990	24.00		E
WEST AFRICA			1980	299.30
WEST AFRICA			1990	440.50
Angola			1980	157.20	Eucalyptus (80%), Pines, Cypress & Casuarina	F
	L.Area:	124.670	1990	171.20		1
	Forest:	11%
Bostwana			1982	0.40	Broadleaves	3
	L.Area:	58.200
	Forest:		1990	1.0		4
Burundi			1980	19.50	Eucalyptus, Pines, black wattle, Grevillia and Cypress	F
	L.Area:	2.578	1983	29.00		7
	Forest:	4.51%	1984	41.00		7
			1989	129.30		8
			1990	132.00		E
Malawi			1978	70.60	Industrial (75.00), Community (46.50) Pines, Gmelina & Eucalyptus	35
	L.Area:	9.405	1980	80.30		35
	Forest:	49.8%	1984	90.00		37
			1986	124.50		36
			1987	154.00		36
			1990	180.00		E
Mozambique			1979	25.80	Pines (58%) and Eucalyptus (33%)	45
	L.Area:	77.400	1980	26.00		E
	Forest:	50.5%	1983	32.70		45
			1984	34.50		46
			1990	40.00		E
Rwanda			1980	64.00	Eucalyptus & Pines	54
	L.Area:	2.424	1982	92.00		54
	Forest:	8.5%	1987	119.90		55
			1990	125.00		E
Tanzania			1977	48.00	Pine (55%), Teak (6.5%) Cypress(23%) Pine & Cypress(86%) in industrial	68
	L.Area:	88.604	1980	97.70		F
	Forest:	47.6%	1982	129.60		70
			1985	158.70		66
			1988	199.00		67
			1990	220.00		E
Zambia			1978	37.80	Eucalyptus (38%) and Pines (58%)	79
	L.Area:	75.250	1980	38.00		79
	Forest:	17.2%	1982	51.90		80
			1984	56.00		81
			1986	60.00		81
			1990	68.00		E
Zimbabwe			1980	100.20	Pines (70%), Wattle (13%), Eucalyptus (16%)	86
	L.Area:	38.667	1981	106.60		83
	Forest:	59.1%	1984	115.00		84
			1987	113.50		84
			1989	117.00		85
			1990	120.00		82
TROPICAL SOUTHERN AFRICA			1980	582.90
TROPICAL SOUTHERN AFRICA			1990	1054.50
Comoros			1980	0		12
	L.Area:
	Forest:		1990	1.0		12
Madagascar			1980	266.00	Eucalyptus, Pines & Anacardium	F
	L.Area:	58.154
	Forest:	21%	1990	310.00		E
Mauritius			1980	19.20	Pines, Eucalyptus, Casuarina, C.japonica	42
	L.Area:	0.186	1983	19.20		42
	Forest:	30%	1986	12.10		43
			1987	12.10		43
			1990	11.90		44
INSULAR AFRICA			1980	285.00
INSULAR AFRICA			1990	322.90

Tropical America
Countries Area: Million ha. Forest Cover %			Reference year	Total area of Plantations (000 ha)	Species/Sp-group area in 1000 ha or %	Source
Costa rica			1980	2.80	Pines & Cypress(50%) Eucal. (25%), Gmelina & Teak	F
	L. Area:	5.066	1984	9.00		102
	Forest:	40.3%	1989	34.87		103
			1990	40.00		E
El Salvador			1980	1.50	Pines (50%), Teak (25%) & Eucalyptus	E
	L. Area:	2.072	1985	4.50		110
	Forest:	22.1%	1989	6.00		111
			1990	6.00		E
Guatemala			1980	15.00	Pines(60%), Eucal. (15%) Cedrela & Mahogany Community (40%)	F
	L. Area:	10.843	1983	25.90		113
	Forest:	59.2%	1990	40.00		E
Honduras			1980	0		F
	L. Area:	11.209	1990	3.70		120
	Forest:	68%
Mexico			1976	49.80	Pines & Cypress (50%), Eucal. (25%), Prosopis	124
	L. Area:	195.82	1980	80.00		E
	Forest:	73.3%	1982	95.40		124
			1985	117.30		124
			1990	155.00		E
Nicaragua			1980	1.30	P.caribaea (13.00) & rest Teak & Gmelina	F
	L. Area:	11.875	1990	20.00		125
	Forest:	51.2%
Panama			1980	4.00	P. caribaea (75%)	F
	L. Area:	7.599	1981	5.70		127
	Forest:	56.5%	1989	8.30		128
			1990	8.80		E
CENTRAL AMERICA & MEXICO			1980	104.6
CENTRAL AMERICA & MEXICO			1990	273.1
Antigua and Barbuda			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	0.044
	Forest:	22.3%
Bahamas			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	1.001
	Forest:	18.5%
Belize			1980	2.50	Gmelina, Teak, Mahogany & Leucaena	E
	L. Area:	2.296	1982	2.80		87
	Forest:	92.8%	1983	2.90		87
			1988	2.90		88
			1990	3.00		E
Cuba			1980	157.00	Pines (48%), Eucal. (10%) Casuarina (11%)	F
	L. Area:	11.086	1987	308.20		104
	Forest:	23.6%	1989	332.70		105
			1990	350.00		E
Dominica			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	0.075
	Forest:	58.8%
Dominican Rep.			1980	5.70	P.occidentalis & P.caribaea	F
	L. Area:	4.844	1984	6.00		108
	Forest:	67.0%	1990	10.00		107
French Guiana			1990	0
	L. Area:	8.915
	Forest:	88.8%
Grenada			1980	0	Pines	E
	L. Area:	0.031	1990	0.15		112
	Forest:	90%
Guadeloupe			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	0.169
	Forest:	54.7%
Guyana			1980	1.20	Pines & Cypress	F
	L. Area:	21.500	1990	12.00		116
	Forest:	85%
Haiti			1980	0	C. siamea, Leucaena, Neem, A.auriculiformis Catalpa longissima, Cedrela odorata All Community	E
	L. Area:	2.77	1990	12.00		119
	Forest:	1.8%
Jamaica			1980	12.80	P.caribaea (73%), Mahogany (12%) H. elatus (10%)	F
	L. Area:	1.142	1982	13.51		121
	Forest:	24.0%	1985	21.00		122
			1988	21.00		122
			1990	21.00		E
Martinique			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	0.106
	Forest:	40.4%
Puerto Rico			1980	3.00	Mahogany (29%), Pines (9%), Eucal. (12%)	E
	L. Area:	0.882	1990	4.00		132
	Forest:	32.1%
St. Kitts and Nevis			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	0.036
	Forest:	36.7%
St. Lucia			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	0.061
	Forest:	7.4%
St. Vincent			1990	0		E
	L. Area:	0.039
	Forest:	26.9%
Surinam			1980	8.50	P.caribaea (7.00) & rest indigenous sp.	F
	L. Area:	16.400	1985	12.00		133
	Forest:	90%	1989	12.00		133
			1990	12.00		E
Trinidad & Tobago			1980	16.00	Teak (9.00), P. caribaea (4.1) Mixed hardwood (4.4)	F
	L. Area:	0.513	1990	17.50		134
	Forest:	53.2%
CARRIBEAN SUBREGION			1980	207.7
CARRIBEAN SUBREGION			1990	441.60
Bolivia			1980	25.90	Eucal.(75%) & Pines (20%)	F
	L. Area:	108.439
	Forest:	72.7%	1990	40.00		E
Brazil			1975	2091.67	Eucal(51.7%), Pines(29.8%) Araucaria (1.25%) Fruit/Palms (12.6%)	92
	L. Area:	851.000	1980	4208.30		92
	Forest:	80%	1982	5057.16		91
			1985	5843.40		91
			1986	6252.48		91
			1988	6600.00		93
			1990	7000.00		E
Colombia			1980	53.00	Pines(49%), Eucal(17%) Cypress(11%)	99
	L. Area:	114.700	1984	146.00		99
	Forest:	46.3%	1988	170.00		99
			1990	180.00		E
Ecuador			1978	30.72	Eucal.(21.28) Eucal.(70%), Pines(20%) & Teak	109
	L. Area:	27.684	1980	43.00		F
	Forest:	65.90%	1985	50.21		109
			1989	60.00		109
			1990	63.50		E
Paraguay			1980	3.00	Pines(50%) & Eucal.(50%)	F
	L. Area:	39.730	1982	4.00		129
	Forest:	40.0%	1985	10.00		129
			1990	13.00		129
Peru			1975	100.42	E.globulus(83%) & Pines (5%)	131
	L. Area:	128.521	1980	137.11		131
	Forest:	60.45%	1985	209.48		131
			1989	253.65		130
			1990	263.00		E
Venezuela			1980	124.50	P.caribaea (70%) & Eucal. (20%)	F
	L. Area:	88.205	1982	165.00		136
	Forest:	58%	1987	256.00		137
			1990	362.00		135
TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA			1980	4594.7
TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA			1990	7921.5

Tropical Asia and Pacific
Countries Area: Million ha. Forest Cover %			Reference year	Total area of Plantations (000 ha)	Species/Sp.group area in 1000 ha or %	Source
Bangladesh			1976	128.00	Teak(133.0), Gmelina (6.0), Mangrove (55.0) P.falcataria (12.0) and Shorea spp.	138
	L. Area:	13.391	1978	131.00		140
	Forest:	7.9%	1980	160.00		E
			1982	226.80		139
			1988	313.95		140
			1990	335.00		140
Bhutan			1980	2.00		E
	L. Area:	4.660	1983	2.80		141
	Forest:	63.9%	1990	5.00		E
India			1979	3556.00	Eucalyptus (30%), A. nilotica(16%), D.sissoo(7%), Casuarina(4%), T.arjuna(2%) L.leucocephala (2%) Teak (1.6%)	148
	L. Area:	328.700	1980	4486.00		148
	Forest:	19.52%	1985	9716.00		148
			1989	17092.00		147
			1990	18900.00		E
Nepal			1976	13.30	P.roxbur.(25%),Other conifers(12%), D.sissoo(30%), Eucalyptus(8%)	166
	L. Area:	14.539	1980	19.00		F
	Forest:	15.6%	1986	69.20		167
			1990	80.00		E
Pakistan			1980	180.00	D.sissoo, Morus alba, Poplars & Melia spp. Industrial(88.00)	F
	L. Area:	79.61	1985	234.00		169
	Forest:	3.7%	1989	234.00		169
			1990	240.00		E
Sri Lanka			1976	81.70	Teak(70.5),Pine(29.6), Eucalyptus(42.8)	181
	L. Area:	6.470	1980	112.00		184
	Forest:	27.2%	1984	148.00		185
			1988	188.00		182
			1990	198.00		182
SOUTH ASIA			1980	4 957.00
SOUTH ASIA			1990	19 758.00
Lao			1980	4.00	Teak(50%), Eucalyptus(6%) P.macrocarpus(19%)	E
	L. Area:	23.680	1990	6.00		157
	Forest:	59.1%
Myanmar			1978	35.50	Industrial(64.4%) Teak, Xylia sp. Eucalyptus & Pines	164
	L. Area:	67.657	1980	55.70		164
	Forest:	50%	1982	95.30		164
			1985	190.00		164
			1988	285.20		164
			1990	334.80		164
Thailand			1976	94.50	Teak(60%), Pines(4%), Other broadleaved(35%)	189
	L. Area:	51.177	1980	335.40		187
	Forest:	30.52%	1982	420.00		190
			1985	540.00		191
			1989	697.00		188
			1990	755.70		191
Vietnam			1979	1300.00	Pines (merkusii, kesia, massoniana), Eucalyptus, Melaeuca, Casuarina, Styrax tonkinensis, Mangletia glauca	195
	L. Area:	32.536	1980	1400.00		E
	Forest:	29.81%	1989	2000.00		197
			1990	2100.00		E
CONTINENTAL SOUTH EAST ASIA			1980	1795.10
CONTINENTAL SOUTH EAST ASIA			1990	3196.30
Indonesia			1976	2077.50	Teak(1053.25) Pines(831.17)	155
	L. Area:	181.157	1980	4010.0		156
	Forest:	65.6%	1983	4168.49		156
			1988	8467.50	Eucalyptus(21.00) Industrial(1430.00)	154
			1990	8750.00	Eucalyptus(21.00) Industrial(1430.00)	E
Malaysia			1980	26.00	A.mangium(65%), P.falcataria(10%), Gmelina(9%),Pines & Eucalyptus(13%)	F
	L. Area:	32.888	1983	48.70		160
	Forest:	62.6%	1985	65.50		161
			1988	85.50		162
			1990	115.50		162
Philippines			1976	253.70	P.falcataria, Gmelina, S.macrophylla, Teak, L.leucocephala, P.indicus	173
	L. Area:	30.000	1980	300.00		F
	Forest:	21.53%	1983	310.22		175
			1988	274.27		174
			1990	290.00		E
INSULAR SOUTH EAST ASIA			1980	4336.00
INSULAR SOUTH EAST ASIA			1990	9155.50
Fiji			1972	18.90	Pines(50%),Mahog.(50%)	143
	L. Area:	1.827	1980	40.00	Pines(50%),Mahog.(50%)	F
	Forest:	47%	1984	72.70	Pinus car.(40.5) Mahog.(21.8)	144
			1990	104.00	Pinus car.(40.5) Mahog.(21.8)	145
New Caledonia			1980	7.0	Pinus car.(70%) & rest P. elliottii	F
	L. Area:	1.876
	Forest:	37.6%	1990	10.0		168
Papua New Guinea			1980	22.00	Eucalyptus (28%), Pines (20%), Agathis spp (22%), Teak (10%)	F
	L. Area:	45.171	1985	29.80		171
	Forest:	84.6%	1988	35.90		171
			1990	42.60		172
Samoa			1980	2.00		F
	L. Area:	0.283	1988	4.40		176
	Forest:	50.2%	1990	6.00		E
Soloman Islands			1980	17.00	Campnosperma brevipetiolata (35%), Terminalia spp (20%), Mahogany (10%), Agathis spp (10%), Eucalyptus, Gmelina, Teak	F
	L. Area:	2.745	1984	20.10		179
	Forest:	89%	1988	23.30		177
			1990	24.60		178
Vanuatu			1980	0		F
	L. Area:	1.476
	Forest:	16%	1990	2.0		194
PACIFIC ISLANDS			1980	88.00
PACIFIC ISLANDS			1990	189.20

Numbers in the source colomn refer to bracketed numbers given in the bibliography of Chapter III

Appendix I Time series data by country

Appendix I
Time series data by country