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Annex 1
Country Tables (continued)

Table 6a: Land area and forest cover by ecological zone

REGION: AFRICAYEAR: 1990
CountryEcological zone
Wet zoneMoist zoneDry zoneVery dry zoneDesert zone (cold/hot)Hill and montane zone
Land areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaFor. cov.Land areaFor. cov.
000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%
BURKINA FASO0079562712164137259110000
CAPE VERDE00000040320000
CHAD001251131157313233731761490ε24560
GAMBIA00762102387000000
GUINEA-BUISSAU0028127200000000
MALI001120733943348402831061096000
MAURITANIA00000025165277357000
NIGER000010941748652576924000
SENEGAL0045915639414410721300000
W.SAHELIAN AFRICA00398403642601311662148276867024560
DJIBOUTI000000002318100
ETHIOPIA000087642330393182444834649413
KENYA0075221102242771ε24737120968
SOMALIA00000033122228552010600
SUDAN00184406842974418185615924560187438
UGANDA002903380013651767671562032
EAST SAHELIAN AFRICA00220956152840371895071014808917714617
BENIN00945744160548000000
COTE D'IVOIRE00317003400000010073
GHANA00221614184148000000
GUINEA1189322238728000000101013
LIBERIA268633698954000000121
NIGERIA220354545592218637713984600169314
SIERRA LEONE3139243964280000005942
TOGO00418731429882300000
WEST AFRICA92163515540531215121214808500286216
CAMEROON123346523682423380178651000627928
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.61610054579525830140000127361
CONGO802096261304700000000
EQUATORIAL GUINEA1378641379670000004830
GABON166769241007100000000
ZAïRE7976176125089365432000ε532136635
CENTRAL AFRICA103776762549594597521686510002896735
ANGOLA0060801203720419618112393601654719
BOTSWANA0000105722845174249275400
BURUNDI003341400000022318
MALAWI0079183763426000085644
MOZAMBIQUE0025493264905221368817001777
NAMIBIA00001135622356182235354600
RWANDA000000000024677
TANZANIA00322474432223381158435117111243224
ZAMBIA0049636442393343000077044
ZIMBABWE0000333432349032200421716
TROPICAL S. AFRICA001764293219831627107148244033663590220
MADAGASCAR8228551726022935524418716001912424
INSULAR AFRICA8228551726022935524418716001912424
TOTAL12122171665988383343772848272912465291116645721

Table 6b: Land area and forest cover by ecological zone

REGION: ASIA AND THE PACIFICYEAR: 1990
CountryEcological zone
Wet zoneMoist zoneDry zoneVery dry zoneDesert zone (cold/hot)Hill and Montane zone
Land areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaFor. coverLand areaFor. cover
000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%
BANGLADESH4606128410200000000
BHUTAN35250000000129931304973
INDIA18425454047417178002151851902431751760351
NEPAL1847333010431652200381119484749
PAKISTAN00255447840216330275571228596
SRI LANKA181014233126208840000023424
SOUTH ASIA27041365448017185039154015205698554859231
CAMBODIA196586499972105946400009598
LAOS5594717523603638620000632538
MYANMAR221305522087475969600248171536339
THAILAND1305124117334524065130000224056
VIETNAM69814116365214485210000471723
CONTINENTAL S.E. ASIA49720486270843487512800248172874038
BRUNEI527870000000000
INDONESIA1475156416007211348500106731618275
MALAYSIA311895200000000166686
PHILIPPINES170692210728190000002020100
SINGAPORE6170000000000
INSULAR S.E. ASIA1963605826735201348500106731986981
PAPUA NEW GUINEA34261862601271242340033056685378
PACIFIC34261862601271242340033056685378
TOTAL30736158146523292363791740152057668510405448

Table 6c. Land area and forest cover by ecological zone

REGION: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANYEAR: 1990
CountryEcological zone
Wet zoneMoist zoneDry zoneVery dry zoneDesert zone (cold/hot)Hill and montane zone
Land areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest coverLand areaForest cover
000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%
COSTA RICA223628025000000287028
EL SALVADOR5516206600000013286
GUATEMALA379567731100000000631815
HONDURAS312541106141000000700341
MEXICO348470323983477762041511815161912790024
NICARAGUA73315168751000000385751
PANAMA43364249513000000276845
CENTRAL AMERICA2485750355773877762041511815161915204525
ANTIGUA\BARBUDA00442200000000
BAHAMAS006681925519242119213419
BELIZE17411002381000000003006
CUBA7291679851615160000225416
DOMINICA75590000000000
DOMINICAN REP.153122122822000000208022
FRENCH GUYANA87749141700000000
GRENADA00341600000000
GUADELOUPE169550000000000
GUYANA116711006346760000001668100
HAITI53411039121000011811
JAMAICA554225142202200001522
MARTINIQUE1064000000000038
PUERTO RICO136364163600000033336
ST. KITTS\NEVIS00363700000000
ST. LUCIA6170000000000
ST. VINCENT382712700000000
SURINAME904210065588700000000
TRINIDAD\TOBAGO513300000000000
CARIBBEAN35674882514852272182419194786536
BOLIVIA0055167641595846002307601423645
BRAZIL31334093259380768375534000018917623
COLOMBIA5585985255291615611940077101921113
ECUADOR105906839514210004203035450839537
PARAGUAY002124728180213800004626
PERU470558613232933885712742289613730240
VENEZUELA21176934681533488251348112601385775
TROP.S. AMERICA4480209142532064125565349618350415028263929
TOTAL50855288486046611336133413793865594244254928
GRAND TOTAL937134771298557457043692553667411.2588553171306029

Notes: - numbers may not tally due to rounding
- ε indicates a very small value

The estimates of forest cover area and changes by forest formation are derived by integrating FORIS database with ecofloristic zone and vegetation maps, computerised at 1:5 million scale, for use at subregional, regional and global levels. This fact may be kept in view while making use of country level areas.


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