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Appendix 3. Forest resources of the Asian Pacific region by sub-region and country 1990

TABLE 3: FOREST RESOURCES OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC REGION


Land Area

Population

Forest &

Forest

Volume

Other

Total

1990

Wooded

Area

%

Per Capita

Total

Per Ha

Wooded

ASIA PACIFIC REGION/SUB-REGION

(1000 ha)

(1000 inh)

(1,000 ha)

(Mill CUM)

(CUM/Ha)

(1,000 ha)

SOUTH ASIA


Bangladesh

13,017

115,594

1,472

1,004

8.0

0.01

59

77

468


Bhutan

4,700

1,427

3,168

2,813

60.0

1.97

421

150

355


India

297,319

853,373

82,648

64,959

22.0

0.08

2,431

47

17,689


Nepal

13,680

19,143

5,751

5,079

37.0

0.27

276

55

672


Pakistan

77,088

122,666

3,128

2,023

3.0

0.02

161

87

1,105


Sri Lanka

6,463

17,209

3,998

1,885

29.0

0.11

79

45

2,113


SUBTOTAL

412,267

1,129,412

100,165

77,763

18.9

0.07

3,427

44

22,402

CONTINENTAL SE ASIA


Cambodia

17,652

8,246

13,724

12,170

69.0

1.48

1,484

122

1,554


Laos

23,080

4,071

21,436

13,177

57.0

3.24

1,686

128

8,259


Myanmar

65,797

41,675

49,774

29,091

44.0

0.70

4,184

145

20,683


Thailand

51,089

55,702

14,968

13,264

26.0

0.24

790

62

1,704


Viet Nam

32,549

67,171

23,499

9,782

30.0

0.15

989

119

13,717


SUBTOTAL

190,167

176,865

123,401

77,484

40.7

0.44

9,133

118

45,917

NORTH ASIA


China

932,641

1,139,060

162,029

133,799

14.0

0.12

9,789

96

28,230


Japan

36,460

123,540

24,718

24,158

66.0

0.20

2,851

118

560


Korea, DPR

12,045

21,773

7,370

6,170

51.0

0.28

258

~

1,200


Korea, Rep

9,902

42,793

6,291

6,291

64.0

0.15

460

~

0


Mongolia

156,560

2,190

13,741

9,406

6.0

4.29

344

~

4,335


SUBTOTAL

1,147,608

1,329,356

214,149

179,824

15.7

0.14

13,702

76

34,325

INSULAR SE ASIA


Brunei/Darussalam

527

266

458

458

87.0

1.72

125

272

~


Indonesia

181,157

180,514

145,108

115,674

64.0

0.64

19,609

179

29,434


Malaysia

32,855

17,339

22,248

17,664

54.0

1.02

3,763

214

4,584


Philippines

29,817

62,409

13,640

8,034

27.0

0.13

1,425

182

5,606


Singapore

61

2,712

4

4

7.0

0.00

1

169

0


SUBTOTAL

244,417

263,240

181,458

141,834

58.0

0.54

24,923

176

39,624

OCEANIA-S. PACIFIC


Am. Samoa

20

33

14

0

0.0

0.00

0

0

14


Australia

754,402

17,090

145,613

39,837

5.0

2.33

3,306

83

105,776


Fiji

1,827

726

859

853

47.0

1.17

~

~

6


French Polynesia

366

198

115

0

0.0

0.00

0

0

115


Guam

55

134

10

0

0.0

0.00

~

~

10


Kiribati

73

71

2

0

0.0

0.00

0

0

2


New Caledonia

1,828

168

1,289

710

39.0

4.23

~

~

579


New Zealand

26,784

3,350

7,472

7,472

28.0

2.23

396

53

~


Niue

26

2

6

0

0.0

0.00

0

0

6


Pacific Islands

178

na

40

0

0.0

0.00

~

~

40


Papua New Guinea

45,286

4,011

42,115

36,030

80.0

8.98

6,063

~

6,085


Samoa

283

158

164

133

47.0

0.84

16

~

31


Solomon Islands

2,799

320

2,455

2,410

86.0

7.53

275

~

45


Tonga

72

96

8

0

0.0

0.00

0

0

8


Vanuatu

1,219

150

809

809

66.0

5.39

~

~

0


SUBTOTAL

835,218

26,507

200,971

88,254

10.6

3.33

10,056

114

112,717


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