Table 2. Forest cover - information status

Country/area	Latest available statistics			Time series		Number of references consulted
	Reference year	Method FS/DM/GM/ES	Compatibility H / M / L	Used	Compatibility H / M / L
Algeria	2000	ES	H	yes	H	8
Angola	1983	DM/FS	M	yes	M	20
Benin	1996	GM	H	yes	M	11
Botswana	1990	GM	L	no	M	22
Burkina Faso	1991	GM	M	yes	M	6
Burundi	1998	ES	L	yes	L	6
Cameroon	1999	ES	L	yes	L	11
Cape Verde	1999	ES	H	yes	H	9
Central African Republic	1994	FS/ES	M	no	n.ap.	11
Chad	1988	ES	H	no	n.ap.	11
Comoros	1984	GM	M	yes	H	9
Congo	1999	ES	M	yes	M	15
Côte d'Ivoire	1987	GM	L	no	n.ap.	22
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1989	DM	M	yes	M	8
Djibouti	1985	GM	H	no	n.ap.	1
Egypt	1996	ES	H	yes	L	8
Equatorial Guinea	1998	ES	L	yes	L	7
Eritrea	1997	FS	M	no	n.ap.	3
Ethiopia	1997	ES	H	yes	L	9
Gabon	1999	ES	L	yes	L	5
Gambia	1993	FS	M	yes	H	13
Ghana	1996	ES	L	no	n.ap.	10
Guinea	1988	DM/ES	L	no	n.ap.	16
Guinea-Bissau	1990	DM	H	yes	H	5
Kenya	1993	ES	H	no	n.ap.	18
Lesotho	1994	DM/FS	H	yes	H	10
Liberia	1990	ES	H	yes	L	9
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	1980	ES	H	no	n.ap.	3
Madagascar	1996	FS	H	yes	L	8
Malawi	1991	DM/FS	M	yes	H	23
Mali	1991	FS	H	no	n.ap.	7
Mauritania	1991	ES	L	yes	L	6
Mauritius	1979	ES	L	yes	M	7
Morocco	1995	FS	H	no	n.ap.	9
Mozambique	1995	DM/FS	H	yes	H	40
Namibia	1992	FS	M	yes	L	9
Niger	1992	ES	H	yes	M	9
Nigeria	1994	FS/DM	M	yes	H	17
Réunion	1997	ES	M	yes	M	5
Rwanda	1999	ES	L	yes	L	7
Saint Helena	1980	ES	H	no	n.ap.	3
Sao Tome and Principe	1989	FS	L	no	n.ap.	3
Senegal	1985	FS	M	yes	M	8
Seychelles	1993	ES	M	no	n.ap.	2
Sierra Leone	1986	ES	M	yes	H	6
Somalia	1980	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
South Africa	1994	DM	M	no	n.ap.	14
Sudan	1990	DM	M	no	n.ap.	11
Swaziland	1999	DM/FS	M	yes	H	7
Togo	1991	ES	M	yes	M	8
Tunisia	1994	FS	M	no	n.ap.	12
Uganda	1992	DM/DM	M	yes	L	8
United Republic of Tanzania	1995	DM/FS	H	yes	M	10
Western Sahara	1995	FS	M	no	n.ap.	1
Zambia	1978	FS/ES	M	yes	L	7
Zimbabwe	1992	DM	M	no	n.ap.	12
Total Africa	1991					547
Afghanistan	1993	GM	H	no	n.ap.	1
Armenia	1996	-	-	yes	M	1
Azerbaijan	1988	-	-	yes	M	1
Bahrain	1999	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	1
Bangladesh	1996	DM/ES	H	yes	H	12
Bhutan	1990	DM	H	yes	M	7
Brunei Darussalam	1998	DM	H	yes	H	6
Cambodia	1997	DM	H	yes	H	11
China	1996	ES	H	yes	H	23
Cyprus	1999	-	-	yes	M	1
Dem People's Rep. of Korea	1993	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
East Timor	1985	GM	H	no	n.ap.	1
Gaza Strip		-	-	-	-	0
Georgia	1995	-	-	yes	M	1
India	1997	DM	H	yes	H	12
Indonesia	1997	GM	H	yes	H	32
Iran, Islamic Rep.	1999	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
Iraq	1990	ES	H	no	n.ap.	4
Israel	1997	-	-	yes	M	1
Japan	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Jordan	2000	ES	H	no	n.ap.	5
Kazakhstan	1993	-	-	yes	M	1
Kuwait	2000	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	2
Kyrgyzstan	1993	-	-	yes	M	1
Lao People's Dem. Rep	1989	GM	M	yes	H	7
Lebanon	1996	ES	H	no	n.ap.	1
Malaysia	1995	ES	M	yes	M	31
Maldives	1999	ES	L	no	n.ap.	1
Mongolia	1987	ES	M	no	n.ap.	2
Myanmar	1997	DM/ES	H	yes	L	17
Nepal	1994	GM	L	yes	L	16
Oman	2000	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	1
Pakistan	1990	DM	M	yes	M	13
Philippines	1997	ES	H	yes	H	12
Qatar	2000	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	1
Republic of Korea	1999	DM	H	no	n.ap.	3
Saudi Arabia	1994	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
Singapore	1990	FS	H	no	n.ap.	2
Sri Lanka	1992	GM	M	yes	L	14
Syrian Arab Republic	1992	ES	H	no	n.ap.	4
Tajikistan	1995	-	-	yes	M	1
Thailand	1998	DM	H	yes	H	10
Turkey	1985	-	-	yes	M	2
Turkmenistan	1995	-	-	yes	M	1
United Arab Emirates	2000	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	n.ap.	1
Uzbekistan	1995	-	-	yes	M	1
Viet Nam	1995	DM	H	yes	H	11
West Bank		-	-	-	-	0
Yemen	1993	ES	H	no	n.ap.	1
Total Asia	1995					284
American Samoa	1999	ES	L	no	n.ap.	3
Australia	1992	-	-	no	n.ap.	9
Cook Islands	1998	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
Fiji	1995	ES	H	yes	H	9
French Polynesia	1991	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
Guam	1999	ES	H	no	n.ap.	1
Kiribati	1997	ES	H	no	n.ap.	3
Marshall Islands	1999	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
Micronesia	1983	DM	H	yes	H	6
Nauru	1993	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
New Caledonia	1993	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
New Zealand	1996	-	-	yes	H	10
Niue	1981	-	-	-	n.ap.	2
Northern Mariana Isl.	1984	DM	H	no	n.ap.	3
Palau	1985	DM	H	no	n.ap.	5
Papua New Guinea	1996	DM	L	yes	H	7
Samoa	1992	ES	H	yes	M	5
Solomon Islands	1993	DM	M	yes	H	3
Tonga	1990	ES	H	no	n.ap.	3
Vanuatu	1993	ES	M	no	n.ap.	6
Total Oceania	1992					85
Albania	1995	-	-	yes	M	1
Andorra		-	-	-	n.ap.	0
Austria	1994	FS	H	yes	H	1
Belarus	1994	-	-	yes	M	1
Belgium & Luxembourg	1997	-	-	yes	H	1
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Bulgaria	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Croatia	1996	-	-	yes	H	1
Czech Republic	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Denmark	1990	-	-	yes	H	1
Estonia	1996	-	-	yes	H	1
Finland	1994	FS	H	yes	H	1
France	1997	-	-	yes	H	1
Germany	1987	-	-	yes	M	1
Greece	1992	-	-	yes	H	1
Hungary	1996	-	-	yes	H	1
Iceland	1998	-	-	yes	H	1
Ireland	1996	-	-	yes	H	1
Italy	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Latvia	1997	-	-	yes	H	1
Liechtenstein	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Lithuania	1996	-	-	yes	H	1
Malta	1996	-	-	yes	H	1
Netherlands	1994	-	-	yes	H	1
Norway	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Poland	2000	-	-	yes	H	1
Portugal	1995	-	-	yes	H	3
Republic of Moldova	1997	-	-	yes	M	1
Romania	1990	-	-	yes	H	1
Russian Federation	1998	-	-	yes	H	2
San Marino		-	-	-	n.ap.	0
Slovakia	2000	-	-	yes	H	1
Slovenia	1996	-	-	yes	H	1
Spain	1990	-	-	yes	H	4
Sweden	1994	FS	H	yes	H	1
Switzerland	1994	-	-	yes	H	1
The FYR of Macedonia	1995	-	-	yes	M	1
Ukraine	1996	-	-	yes	M	1
United Kingdom	2000	-	-	yes	H	1
Yugoslavia	1995	-	-	yes	H	1
Total Europe	1997					44
Antigua and Barbuda	1983	ES	H	no	n.ap.	7
Bahamas	1986	ES	M	yes	H	5
Barbados	1998	ES	H	no	n.ap.	4
Belize	1993	GN	H	yes	H	19
Bermuda		-	-	-	n.ap.	0
British Virgin Islands	1980	ES	H	no	n.ap.	4
Canada	1994	-	-	no	n.ap.	2
Cayman Islands	1998	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
Costa Rica	1997	DM	H	yes	H	39
Cuba	1998	DM	H	yes	H	13
Dominica	1984	DM	H	yes	H	12
Dominican Republic	1998	DM	H	no	n.ap.	7
El Salvador	1990	GM	H	yes	H	10
Greenland		-	-	-	n.ap.	0
Grenada	1992	GM	H	yes	H	5
Guadeloupe	1991	ES	H	yes	H	5
Guatemala	1999	DM	H	yes	H	16
Haiti	1995	ES	H	yes	H	8
Honduras	1995	DM	M	yes	H	17
Jamaica	1997	DM	H	yes	H	12
Martinique	1998	DM	H	no	n.ap.	4
Mexico	1993	DM	H	yes	M	36
Montserrat	1983	ES	H	yes	H	4
Netherlands Antilles	1991	ES	H	no	n.ap.	1
Nicaragua	1999	ES	H	yes	H	14
Panama	1998	ES	H	yes	H	15
Puerto Rico	1990	DM	H	yes	H	3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1992	ES	H	yes	H	6
Saint Lucia	1992	ES	H	yes	H	7
Saint Pierre & Miquelon		-	-	-	n.ap.	0
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	1993	DM	H	yes	H	10
Trinidad and Tobago	1997	ES	H	yes	H	12
United States	1997	-	-	yes	H	5
US Virgin Islands	1976	ES	H	no	n.ap.	0
Total North and Central America	1995					304
Argentina	1993	DM	H	yes	H	32
Bolivia	1993	DM	H	yes	M	19
Brazil	1989	DM	H	yes	M	48
Chile	1995	DM	H	yes	H	42
Colombia	1996	DM	H	yes	L	32
Ecuador	1992	DM	H	yes	H	20
Falkland Islands	2000	ES	H	no	n.ap.	1
French Guiana	1990	ES	H	no	n.ap.	2
Guyana	1999	ES	H	yes	H	4
Paraguay	1991	DM	M	yes	H	12
Peru	1990	DM	H	yes	H	16
Suriname	1995	DM	H	no	n.ap.	8
Uruguay	1998	ES	H	yes	H	17
Venezuela	1995	DM	H	yes	H	27
Total South America	1991					280
TOTAL WORLD	1994					1544