ANNEX 1: THE FOREST SECTOR AT A GLANCE IN WORLD BANK CLIENT COUNTRIES
Non-OECD countries |
OECD | ||
Tropical |
Temperate and boreal |
Temperate and boreal | |
Forest resources |
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Forest area (in million ha) |
1,805 |
1,005 |
645 |
Forest cover (in percent) |
32.8 |
22.5 |
21.2 |
Forest area (in ha per capita) |
0.57 |
0.66 |
0.60 |
Forest area change (in million ha per year) |
-12.6 |
+0.1 |
+1.2 |
Forest area change (in percent per year) |
-0.70 |
+0.01 |
+0.18 |
Forest area available for wood supply (in million ha) |
680 |
770 |
350 |
Forest area available for wood supply (in percent) |
37.7 |
76.6 |
54.3 |
Legally protected forest area (in million ha) |
150 |
90 |
50 |
Legally protected forest area (in percent) |
8.3 |
9.0 |
7.8 |
Other unavailable forest areas (in million ha) |
975 |
145 |
245 |
Other unavailable forest areas (in percent) |
54.0 |
14.4 |
38.0 |
Forest products production and consumption |
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Industrial roundwood production (in million m3) |
345 |
220 |
925 |
Industrial roundwood production (in m3 per ha) |
0.19 |
0.22 |
1.43 |
Industrial roundwood production (in m3 per ha available) |
0.51 |
0.29 |
2.64 |
Industrial roundwood exports (in million m3) |
35 |
30 |
60 |
Industrial roundwood exports (percentage of production) |
9.5 |
12.5 |
6.5 |
Wood product production (in million m3) |
320 |
205 |
965 |
Wood product production (in m3 per capita) |
0.10 |
0.13 |
0.89 |
Wood product exports (in million m3) |
70 |
45 |
245 |
Wood product exports (percentage of production) |
20.8 |
20.8 |
25.5 |
Wood product consumption (in million m3) |
305 |
195 |
990 |
Wood product consumption (in m3 per capita) |
0.10 |
0.19 |
0.92 |
Wood product imports (in million m3) |
55 |
35 |
270 |
Wood product imports (percentage of consumption) |
18.0 |
17.9 |
27.3 |
Fuelwood consumption (in million m3) |
1,370 |
295 |
140 |
Fuelwood consumption (in m3 per capita) |
0.43 |
0.19 |
0.13 |
PAPERS PRODUCED BY FAO FOR THE WORLD BANK FOREST POLICY IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW AND STRATEGY
Contreras-Hermosilla, A, 1999, Towards sustainable forest management: an examination of the technical, economic and institutional feasibility of improving management of the global forest estate, FAO/FPIRS/01.
Whiteman, A, Brown, C, and Bull, G, 1999, Forest product market developments: the outlook for forest product markets to 2010 and the implications for improving management of the global forest estate, FAO/FPIRS/02.
Hagner, S, 1999, Forest management in temperate and boreal forests: current practices and the scope for implementing sustainable forest management, FAO/FPIRS/03.
Dupuy, B, Maître, H -F, and Amsallem, I, 1999, Tropical forest management techniques: a review of the sustainability of forest management practices in tropical countries, FAO/FPIRS/04.
Dupuy, B, Maître, H -F, and Amsallem, I, 1999, Techniques de gestion des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux: etat de l'art, FAO/FPIRS/05.
