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Annex 1
Country Tables (continued)

Table 7a: Area of forest formations

REGION: AFRICAYEAR: 1990
CountryForest formation
Total forestTropical rain forestMoist deciduous forestDry deciduous forestVery dry forestDesert cold/hotHill and montane
000 ha000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%
BURKINA FASO441600211248153335771170000
CAPE VERDE600000061000000
CHAD114340039323450244424612217ε00
GAMBIA970079821818000000
GUINEA-BUISSAU202100202110000000000
MALI12144003706314548373891320000
MAURITANIA5540000005541000000
NIGER2550000019072359930000
SENEGAL7544002586341716233242430000
WEST SAHELIAN AFRICA407670014437351302932132853317000
DJIBOUTI22000000002210000
ETHIOPIA1416500002008145346386395617344
KENYA1187001311921561391890877
SOMALIA7540000007541000000
SUDAN4297600124722917757411202728007202
UGANDA634600109117002314451498078
EAST SAHELIAN AFRICA654500013576211978430185132879711278020
BENIN49470041838576415000000
COTE D'IVOIRE10904001083199000000731
GHANA9555009151964044000000
GUINEA669238566180920000001282
LIBERIA463389319374181000000εε
NIGERIA15634119781201177138098035002432
SIERRA LEONE188975640110859000000250
TOGO135300131898353000000
WEST AFRICA55607323064852387258358031004681
CAMEROON20350802139989249585386ε0017679
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.3056271912825593816300007723
CONGO19865766739121986100000000
EQUATORIAL GUINEA18268224893051000000141
GABON1823511556170809400000000
ZAÏRE11327560437534520940111ε00εε75187
CENTRAL AFRICA2041127888039113563561512186000100725
ANGOLA23074001194252721831751300316314
BOTSWANA1426100002940211081676504400
BURUNDI23300472000000018680
MALAWI3486002948851665000037311
MOZAMBIQUE1732900652638101635962740013ε
NAMIBIA12569000025212079946420541600
RWANDA1640000000000164100
TANZANIA33555001412842123753740041213ε30359
ZAMBIA32301002167667102883200003371
ZIMBABWE8897000077298710991200691
TROPICAL S. AFRICA145868005726739534003725291172571273395
MADAGASCAR15782450729377724221914682400459629
INSULAR AFRICA15782450729377724221914682400459629
TOTAL5275868661616251143489252718586601133851352567

Table 7b: Area of forest formations

REGION: ASIA AND THE PACIFICYEAR: 1990
CountryForest formation
Total forestTropical rain forestMoist deciduous forestDry deciduous forestVery dry forestDesert (cold/hot)Hill and Montane
000 ha000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%
BANGLADESH769572741972600000000
BHUTAN2809176600000040314223079
INDIA5172982461670421426242510012832891717
NEPAL5023609121300263710071614236147
PAKISTAN1855001114037238020142377
SRI LANKA17462471460535836480000573
SOUTH ASIA639319850159155142711942370278151498924
CAMBODIA121631689143610306771560000931
LAOS131733960304542342267170000240518
MYANMAR2885612094421042736351100430594221
THAILAND127353082245232413159250000126310
VIETNAM8312289435338241952110000108413
CONTINENTAL S.E. ASIA75240237193227192361349918004301078614
BRUNEI4584581000000000000
INDONESIA109549939508633663730007701208311
MALAYSIA1758316339930000000012447
PHILIPPINES7831372848141318000000269034
SINGAPORE441000000000000
INSULAR S.E.ASIA1354261144798547794730007701601812
PAPUA NEW GUINEA36000293238170524171001841537015
PACIFIC36000293238170524171001841537015
TOTAL3105971773715741832134110813370308514716315

Table 7c: Area of forest formations

REGION: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANYEAR: 1990
COUNTRYForest formation
Total forestTropical rain forest zoneMoist deciduous forest zoneDry deciduous forest zoneVery dry forest zoneDesert zone (cold/hot)Hill and montane zone
000 ha000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%000 ha%
COSTA RICA1428625440000000080256
EL SALVADOR123332612100000007964
GUATEMALA4225254260161538000000692
HONDURAS46051286284379000000288263
MEXICO48586244151111023159037592142433126164
NICARAGUA60133712623486000000195332
PANAMA3117180258672000000124940
CENTRAL AMERICA6809712440161358818159037592142433829453
ANTIGUA\BARBUDA10001010000000000
BAHAMAS18600124674725524263
BELIZE1996195798392000000161
CUBA1715114712477320000035221
DOMINICA44441000000000000
DOMINICAN REP.1077341322732500000046343
FRENCH GUYANA799779931003000000000
GRENADA600610000000000
GUADELOUPE93931000000000000
GUYANA184161333772316717000000191210
HAITI235199380000001043
JAMAICA239122511134700000031
MARTINIQUE43431000000000000
PUERTO RICO32149151514700000012138
ST. KITTS\NEVIS13001310000000000
ST. LUCIA551000000000000
ST. VINCENT1110980200000000
SURINAME14768114407733282300000000
TRINIDAD\TOBAGO1551551000000000000
CARIBBEAN4711535707768483184925524228676
BOLIVIA493170035582727346150040638513
BRAZIL56110729159752197082352886350000435658
COLOMBIA54064474558841018180000024905
ECUADOR119627150601669144400000310026
PARAGUAY12859006037476794530000270
PERU6790640358591229918190269018401477722
VENEZUELA45691196024315465342220120001039023
S.AMERICA8029044061625127223534433045282018808073410
TOTAL9181164543094929430632449445104501616012189513
GRAND TOTAL1 756 299718 29741587 28134178 5791059 74238 0861204 31412

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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