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Table 6

Summary 1990


Country

Forest & other wooded land


Forest


Other wooded

Total

Annual change

Total

%

Per cap.

Biomass

Land

1 000 ha

1 000 ha

%

1 000 ha

of land

ha

million tons

1 000 ha


Finland

23 373

5.5

20 112

66

4.03

945

3 261

Norway

9 565

n.a.

8 697

28

2.05

313

868

Sweden

28 015

_

24 437

60

2.85

1 393

3 578

Nordics

60 953

5.5

0.02

53 246

52

2.99

2 651

7 707

Belgium

620

1.9

620

20

0.06

53

0

Denmark

466

1.0

466

11

0.09

38

0

Iceland

123

n.a.

123

Ireland

429

4.8

396

6

0.11

13

33

Netherlands

334

1.0

334

10

0.02

32

0

United Kingdom

2 380

24.2

2 207

9

0.04

124

173

North Western Europe

4 352

32.9

0.81

4 023

8

0.04

260

329

Austria

3 877

14.2

3 877

47

0.50

485

0

Former Czechoslovakia

4 491

2.0

4 491

36

0.29

660

0

France

14 154

8.0

13 110

24

0.23

1 219

1 044

Germany

10 735

46.9

10 490

30

0.13

1 584

245

Luxembourg

88

0.1

85

33

0.23

8

3

Poland

8 672

5.0

8 672

28

0.23

937

0

Switzerland

1 186

6.6

1 130

28

0.17

199

56

Central Eastern Europe

43 203

82.8

0.19

41 855

29

0.20

5 091

1 348

Albania

1 449

0.1

1 046

38

0.32

48

403

Bulgaria

3 683

7.8

3 386

31

0.38

207

298

Cyprus

280

0.2

140

15

0.20

4

140

Greece

6 032

0.9

2 512

19

0.25

85

3 520

Hungary

1 675

8.2

1 675

18

0.16

186

0

Israel

124

n.a.

102

5

0.02

6

22

Italy

8 550

n.a.

6 750

22

0.12

547

1 800

Romania

6 265

0.2

6 190

27

0.27

681

75

Turkey

20 199

3.1

8 856

11

0.15

558

11 343

Former Yugoslavia, SFR

9 454

34.5

8 371

33

0.35

862

1 083

South East Europe

57 711

55.0

0.11

39 028

20

0.19

3 184

18 683

Portugal

3 102

13.8

2 755

32

0.26

124

347

Spain

25 622

0.9

8 388

17

0.22

554

17 234

Iberia

28 724

14.7

0.05

11 143

19

0.23

678

17 581


Europe

194 943

190.8

0.13

149 295

27

0.26

11 864

45 648


Belarus

6 256

27.3

6 016

29

0.59

499

240

Other former USSR

926 035

n.a.

739 729

36

2.56

50 302

186 306

Ukraine

9 239

24.0

9 213

16

0.18

848

26


Former USSR

941 530

51.3

0.01

754 958

35

2.15

51 648

186 572


Canada

453 300

_

247 164

27

9.32

25 458

206 136

USA

295 989

-316.5

209 573

23

0.84

19 490

86 416


North America

749 289

-316.5

0.11

456 737

25

1.65

44 948

292 552


Australia

145 613

0.6

39 837

5

2.33

2 430

105 776

Japan

24 718

-4.8

24 158

66

0.20

1 498

560

New Zealand

7 472

n.a.

7 472

28

2.23

209

0


Developed Asia/Oceania

177 803

-4.2

0.00

71 467

9

0.50

4 137

106 336


TOTAL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

2 063 565

-78.6

0.01

1 432 457

27

1.07

112 598

631 108


Table 6

Summary 1990


Country

Forest & other wooded land


Forest


Other wooded

Total

Annual change

Total

%

Per cap.

Biomass

Land

1 000 ha

1 000 ha

%

1 000 ha

of land

ha

million tons

1 000 ha


AFRICA
Burkina Faso

13 813

4 436

16

0.49

349

9 377

Cape Verde

78

16

4

0.04

1

62

Chad

32 450

11 438

9

2.01

718

21 012

Gambia

286

98

10

0.11

10

188

GuineaBissau

2 162

2 022

72

2.13

167

140

Mali

28 791

12 158

10

1.30

750

16 633

Mauritania

4 536

556

1

0.27

35

3 980

Niger

10 442

2 562

2

0.36

82

7 880

Senegal

13 400

7 656

40

1.04

517

5 744

West Sahelian Africa

105 956

-297.2

0.29

40 941

8

0.96

2 628

65 015

Djibouti

1 320

22

1

0.05

2

1 298

Ethiopia, former PDR

41 991

14 354

13

0.31

2 039

27 637

Kenya

16 816

1 305

2

0.05

113

15 511

Somalia

15 945

758

1

0.10

77

15 187

Sudan

68 955

43 179

18

1.71

2 648

25 776

Uganda

16 023

6 366

32

0.35

377

9 657

East Sahelian Africa

161 048

-642.2

0.40

65 983

13

0.54

5 254

95 065

Benin

11 497

4 961

45

1.05

198

6 536

Côte d'Ivoire

18 952

10 967

34

0.87

870

7 985

Ghana

18 013

9 608

42

0.64

817

8 405

Guinea

17 484

6 696

27

0.97

559

10 788

Liberia

6 632

4 639

48

1.82

1 049

1 993

Nigeria

65 654

15 785

17

0.14

1 616

49 869

Sierra Leone

6 969

1 895

26

0.46

200

5 074

Togo

4 566

1 370

25

0.40

99

3 196

West Africa

149 764

-85.4

0.06

55 919

27

0.35

5 409

93 845

Cameroon

35 905

20 366

44

1.96

2 951

15 539

Central African Republic

46 753

30 568

49

10.49

3 809

16 185

Congo

25 285

19 902

58

9.98

5 466

5 383

Equatorial Guinea

2 719

1 829

65

5.35

480

890

Gabon

19 966

18 256

71

15.59

5 118

1 710

Zaire

166 076

113 317

50

3.15

28 523

52 759

Central Africa

296 704

-571.2

0.19

204 238

51

3.87

46 349

92 466

Angola

77 198

23 194

19

2.31

1 625

54 004

Botswana

26 561

14 262

25

11.10

546

12 299

Burundi

1 314

325

13

0.06

16

989

Malawi

3 724

3 612

38

0.43

486

112

Mozambique

55 881

17 357

22

1.11

1 384

38 524

Namibia

26 296

12 569

15

9.45

481

13 727

Rwanda

946

252

10

0.03

27

694

United Republic of Tanzania

68 497

33 709

38

1.23

1 445

34 788

Zambia

60 337

32 349

44

3.83

2 273

27 988

Zimbabwe

26 144

8 981

23

0.92

540

17 163

Tropical South Africa

346 896

-735.8

0.22

146 609

26

1.54

8 824

200 287

Comoros

41

11

5

0.02

16

30

Madagascar

23 225

15 999

28

1.34

1 680

7 226

Mauritius

44

12

6

0.01

1

32

Reunion

135

100

40

0.17

22

35

Saint Helena

9

1

3

0.17

0

8

Seychelles

4

4

13

0.05

18

0

Insular Africa

23 457

-89.3

0.39

16 127

27

1.13

1 737

7 331


Tropical Africa

1 083 826

-2 421.1

0.23

529 818

24

1.09

70 201

554 008


Algeria

3 945

2 039

1

0.08

197

1 906

Egypt

34

34

0

0.00

0

0

Libya Arab Jamahiriya

846

400

0

0.09

13

446

Morocco

5 744

3 864

5

0.15

432

1 880

Tunisia

569

569

4

0.07

28

0

North Africa

11 137

-73.1

-1.17

6 905

1

0.06

671

4 232

Lesotho

23

7

0

0.00

0

16

South Africa

41 543

8 208

7

0.22

1 427

33 335

Swaziland

146

146

8

0.19

7

0

Non Tropical South Africa

41 712

-333.5

0.82

8 361

7

0.21

1 434

33 351


Non tropical Africa

52 850

-406.6

0.89

15 267

2

0.10

2 105

37 583


TOTAL AFRICA

1 136 676

-2 827.7

0.26

545 085

18

0.85

72 306

591 591


ASIA/PACIFIC
Bangladesh

1 472

1 004

8

0.01

104

468

Bhutan

3 168

2 813

60

1.97

508

355

India

82 648

64 959

22

0.08

4 806

17 689

Nepal

5 751

5 079

37

0.27

549

672

Pakistan

3 128

2 023

3

0.02

203

1 105

Sri Lanka

3 998

1 885

29

0.11

198

2 113

South Asia

100 164

596.3

-0.50

77 762

19

0.07

6 368

22 402

Cambodia

13 724

12 170

69

1.48

2 163

1 554

Laos

21 436

13 177

57

3.24

2 544

8 259

Myanmar

49 774

29 091

44

0.70

6 259

20 683

Thailand

14 968

13 264

26

0.24

1 585

1 704

Vietnam

23 499

9 782

30

0.15

1 524

13 717

Continental S. E. Asia

123 400

-1 087.3

0.93

77 484

41

0.44

14 075

45 916

Brunei Darussalam

458

458

87

1.72

136

n.a.

Indonesia

145 108

115 674

64

0.64

22 261

29 434

Malaysia

22 248

17 664

54

1.02

4 591

4 584

Philippines

13 640

8 034

27

0.13

1 848

5 606

Singapore

4

4

7

0.00

1

0

Insular S. E. Asia

181 458

-1 509.2

1.00

141 834

58

0.54

28 837

39 624

Papua New Guinea

42 115

36 030

80

8.98

6 890

6 085

American Samoa

14

0

0

0.00

0

14

Fiji

859

853

47

1.17

160

6

French Polynesia

115

0

0

0.00

0

115

Guam

10

0

0

0.00

0

10

Kiribati

2

0

0

0.00

0

2

New Caledonia

1 289

710

39

4.23

138

579

Niue

6

0

0

0.00

0

6

Pacific Islands

40

0

0

0.00

0

40

Samoa

164

133

47

0.84

27

31

Solomon Islands

2 455

2 410

86

7.53

481

45

Tonga

8

0

0

0.00

0

8

Vanuatu

809

809

66

5.39

173

0

Pacific

47 886

-44.7

0.11

40 945

76

6.75

7 870

6 941


Total tropical Asia

452 908

-2 044.9

0.78

338 025

38

0.21

57 149

114 883


Afghanistan

2 614

1 199

2

0.07

13

1 415

Bahrain

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

Iran

11 437

1 737

1

0.03

332

9 700

Iraq

192

83

0

0.00

5

109

Jordan

173

51

1

0.02

3

122

Kuwait

5

5

0

0.00

0

0

Lebanon

144

78

8

0.03

7

66

Oman

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

Qatar

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

Saudi Arabia

902

202

0

0.01

4

700

Syrian Arab Republic

484

245

1

0.02

5

239

United Arab Emirates

60

60

1

0.04

0

0

Yemen

1 921

9

0

0.00

0

1 912

Middle East

17 932

164.7

0.85

3 669

1

0.03

369

14 263

China

162 029

133 799

14

0.12

16 009

28 230

Korea, DPR

7 370

6 170

51

0.28

423

1 200

Korea, Rep.

6 291

6 291

64

0.15

755

0

Mongolia

13 741

9 406

6

4.29

564

4 335

Temperate Asia

189 431

881.0

-0.21

155 666

14

0.13

17 751

33 765


Total non tropical Asia

207 362

1 045.7

-0.11

159 334

9

0.12

18 120

48 028


TOTAL ASIA/PACIFIC

660 270

-999.2

0.60

497 359

19

0.17

75 269

162 911


LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Costa Rica

1 569

1 456

29

0.48

262

113

El Salvador

890

127

6

0.02

12

763

Guatemala

9 465

4 253

39

0.46

725

5 212

Honduras

6 054

4 608

41

0.90

527

1 446

Mexico

129 057

48 695

26

0.55

3 174

80 362

Nicaragua

7 732

6 027

51

1.56

1 088

1 705

Panama

3 266

3 123

41

1.29

695

143

Central America

158 034

-825.5

0.52

68 289

29

0.58

6 483

89 745

Barbados

5

0

0

0.00

0

5

Bermuda

1

0

0

0.00

0

1

British Virgin Islands

5

3

20

0.19

0

2

Cayman Islands

6

0

0

0.00

0

6

Monserrat

4

3

25

0.23

0

1

Netherlands Antilles

7

0

0

0.00

0

7

St.Pierre & Miquelon

1

0

0

0.00

0

1

United States Virgin Islands

14

14

41

0.13

1

0

Antigua and Barbuda

26

10

23

0.13

1

16

Bahamas

186

186

19

0.72

22

0

Belize

2 117

1 998

88

10.98

255

119

Cuba

3 262

1 960

18

0.19

209

1 302

Dominica

50

44

59

0.54

5

6

Dominican Republic

1 530

1 084

22

0.15

106

446

French Guyana

8 318

7 997

91

86.92

2 500

321

Grenada

11

6

18

0.07

1

5

Guadeloupe

93

93

55

0.27

11

0

Guyana

18 755

18 424

94

17.72

4 571

331

Haiti

139

31

1

0.00

2

108

Jamaica

653

254

23

0.10

43

399

Martinique

71

43

41

0.13

5

28

Puerto Rico

336

324

37

0.09

38

12

St. Kitts and Nevis

24

13

36

0.25

2

11

St. Lucia

34

5

8

0.03

1

29

St. Vincent

12

11

28

0.09

1

1

Suriname

15 093

14 776

95

36.67

3 831

317

Trinidad and Tobago

236

168

33

0.13

33

68

Caribbean

50 989

-48.8

0.13

47 447

69

1.35

11 640

3 543

Bolivia

57 977

49 345

46

6.75

7 376

8 632

Brazil

671 921

566 007

67

3.76

106 053

105 914

Colombia

63 231

54 190

52

1.70

10 515

9 041

Ecuador

15 576

12 007

43

1.11

2 355

3 569

Paraguay

19 256

12 868

32

3.01

796

6 388

Peru

84 844

68 090

53

3.05

16 014

16 754

Venezuela

69 436

45 943

52

2.33

8 615

23 493

Tropical South America

982 242

-4 793.2

0.50

808 450

60

3.28

151 723

173 792


Tropical Latin America/Caribbean

1 191 265

-5 667.5

0.49

924 187

56

2.31

169 847

267 079


Argentina

50 936

34 436

13

1.07

8 540

16 500

Chile

16 583

8 033

11

0.61

1 776

8 550

Uruguay

933

813

5

0.26

145

120


Non tropical South America

68 453

-379.7

0.64

43 283

12

0.89

10 460

25 170


TOTAL LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN

1 259 717

-6 047.2

0.50

967 469

48

2.16

180 307

292 249


TOTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

3 056 663

-9 874.1

0.43

2 009 912

26

0.50

327 882

1 046 751


GRAND TOTAL

5 120 227

-9 952.7

0.20

3 442 369

27

0.64

440 479

1 677 859



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