TABLE 3: FOREST RESOURCES OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC REGION
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Land Area |
Population |
Forest & |
Forest |
Volume |
Other |
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Total |
1990 |
Wooded |
Area |
% |
Per Capita |
Total |
Per Ha |
Wooded |
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ASIA PACIFIC REGION/SUB-REGION |
(1000 ha) |
(1000 inh) |
(1,000 ha) |
(Mill CUM) |
(CUM/Ha) |
(1,000 ha) |
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SOUTH ASIA |
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Bangladesh |
13,017 |
115,594 |
1,472 |
1,004 |
8.0 |
0.01 |
59 |
77 |
468 |
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|
Bhutan |
4,700 |
1,427 |
3,168 |
2,813 |
60.0 |
1.97 |
421 |
150 |
355 |
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|
India |
297,319 |
853,373 |
82,648 |
64,959 |
22.0 |
0.08 |
2,431 |
47 |
17,689 |
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|
Nepal |
13,680 |
19,143 |
5,751 |
5,079 |
37.0 |
0.27 |
276 |
55 |
672 |
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|
Pakistan |
77,088 |
122,666 |
3,128 |
2,023 |
3.0 |
0.02 |
161 |
87 |
1,105 |
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Sri Lanka |
6,463 |
17,209 |
3,998 |
1,885 |
29.0 |
0.11 |
79 |
45 |
2,113 |
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|
SUBTOTAL |
412,267 |
1,129,412 |
100,165 |
77,763 |
18.9 |
0.07 |
3,427 |
44 |
22,402 |
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CONTINENTAL SE ASIA |
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Cambodia |
17,652 |
8,246 |
13,724 |
12,170 |
69.0 |
1.48 |
1,484 |
122 |
1,554 |
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|
Laos |
23,080 |
4,071 |
21,436 |
13,177 |
57.0 |
3.24 |
1,686 |
128 |
8,259 |
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|
Myanmar |
65,797 |
41,675 |
49,774 |
29,091 |
44.0 |
0.70 |
4,184 |
145 |
20,683 |
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|
Thailand |
51,089 |
55,702 |
14,968 |
13,264 |
26.0 |
0.24 |
790 |
62 |
1,704 |
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|
Viet Nam |
32,549 |
67,171 |
23,499 |
9,782 |
30.0 |
0.15 |
989 |
119 |
13,717 |
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|
SUBTOTAL |
190,167 |
176,865 |
123,401 |
77,484 |
40.7 |
0.44 |
9,133 |
118 |
45,917 |
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NORTH ASIA |
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China |
932,641 |
1,139,060 |
162,029 |
133,799 |
14.0 |
0.12 |
9,789 |
96 |
28,230 |
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|
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 |
|
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Mongolia |
156,560 |
2,190 |
13,741 |
9,406 |
6.0 |
4.29 |
344 |
~ |
4,335 |
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|
SUBTOTAL |
1,147,608 |
1,329,356 |
214,149 |
179,824 |
15.7 |
0.14 |
13,702 |
76 |
34,325 |
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INSULAR SE ASIA |
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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 |
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Malaysia |
32,855 |
17,339 |
22,248 |
17,664 |
54.0 |
1.02 |
3,763 |
214 |
4,584 |
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|
Philippines |
29,817 |
62,409 |
13,640 |
8,034 |
27.0 |
0.13 |
1,425 |
182 |
5,606 |
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|
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 |
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OCEANIA-S. PACIFIC |
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Am. Samoa |
20 |
33 |
14 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
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|
Australia |
754,402 |
17,090 |
145,613 |
39,837 |
5.0 |
2.33 |
3,306 |
83 |
105,776 |
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|
Fiji |
1,827 |
726 |
859 |
853 |
47.0 |
1.17 |
~ |
~ |
6 |
|
|
French Polynesia |
366 |
198 |
115 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
115 |
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|
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 |
|
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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 |
