Tropical Forest Resources: Facts and Tables

Poker, Jutta; MacDicken, Kenneth

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-54601-3_7

Table 4 Tropical forest area, change in area

From: Tropical Forest Resources: Facts and Tables

Country	Total forest	% of total area	Change 05–10	Total forest	Change 05–10	Deforestation	Primary forest	Permanent F. Estate	Canopy cover > 60 %
Country	000 ha FAO	%	%/a FAO	000 ha ITTO	%/a ITTO	000 ha/a	% (000 ha)	000 ha	%
Cameroon	19,916	42	−1.07	19,700–21,200	−0.14	−270	18	12,800	54
Central African Republic	22,605	36	−0.13	22,700–>30,000	−0.19	−43	10	5,763	38
Congo, Democratic Republic	154,135	68	−0.2	112,000–154,000	−0.2	−311	51	48,300	66
Congo, Republic of	22,411	66	−0.05	22,400	−0.03	−67	33	18,900	68
Côte d’Ivoire	10,403	33	–	10,400	n.s.	<−15	6	4,220	17
Gabon	22,000	85	0	21,700–24,600	−0.12	−10	90	13,525	87
Ghana	4,940	22	−2.19	4,680	−2.2	−135	5	1,334	18
Liberia	4,329	45	−0.68	3,330–4,390	−0.35−1.0	−15–43	4(FAO)–56	1,904	88
Nigeria	9,041	10	−4.0	9,000	n.a.	−410	0	5,622	11
Togo	287	5	−5.75	500–1,700	−5.75	−20	0	383	2
Subtotal Africa	270,067	48		226,140–282,370		−1,310	42(113,730)	112,751	60
Angola	58,480	47	−0.21			−125	0	58,480
Benin	4,561	41	−1.06			−50	0	2,700
Burundi	172	7	−1.01			−2	23	80
Equatorial Guinea	1,626	58	−0.71			−10	0	1,630
Gambia	480	48	+0.38			+2	n.s.	30
Guinea	6,544	27	−0.54			−40	1	1,190
Guinea Bissau	2,022	72	−0.49			−10	0	–
Kenya	3,467	6	−0.31			−10	19	1,260
Madagascar	12,553	22	−0.45			−60	24	3,260
Mozambique	39,022	50	−0.53			−210	0	–
Rwanda	435	18	+2.47			+10	0	–
Sierra Leone	2,726	38	−0.7			−20	4	290
Tanzania, United Rep. of	33,428	38	−1.16			−400	0	13,000
Uganda	2,988	15	−2.27			−90	0	1,900
Zambia	49,468	67	−0.33			−170	0	3,240
Zimbabwe	15,624	40	−1.97			−330	5	910
Total Africa	503,663	44				−2,825	27(118,410)	200,721
Cambodia	10,094	57	−1.22	10,000–10,700	−1.2	−127	3	8,300	39
Fiji	1,014	56	+0.34	1,000	+0.34	0	48	219	n.a.
India	68,434	23	+0.21	37,800^a	±0.21	−30–40	42	36,300	13
Indonesia	94,432	52	−0.71	94,400–98,500	−0.7	−684	50	68,400	69
Malaysia	20,456	63	−0.42	18,400–18,600	−0.42	−90	21	14,400	79
Myanmar	31,773	48	−0.95	30,800–35,400	−0.95	−310	10	22,000	58
Papua New Guinea	28,726	63	−0.49	28,600–33,000	−0.47−0.9	−140–300	91	10,500	79
Philippines	7,665	26	+0.73	7,100–7,700	+0.7	+30	11	6,350	42
Thailand	18,972	37	+0.08	15,900–19,000	+0.08	+15	35	12,160	32
Vanuatu	440	36	0	440	−0.3	−2	–	0	89
Subtotal Asia/Pacific	282,006	39		244,440–262,140		−1,353	42(117,840)	178,629	51
Brunei Darussalam	380	72	−0.47			−2	69	320
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	15,751	68	−0.49			−80	9	–
Nepal	3,636	25	0			−84	14	–
Solomon Islands	2,213	79	−0.25			−5	50	0
Sri Lanka	1,860	29	−0.77			−15	9	–
Timor-Leste	742	50	−1.44			−10	0	–
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of	13,797	44	+1.08			+144	1	–
Total Asia/Pacific	320,385	40				−1,325	38(120,940)	178,949
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57,196	53	−0.53	52,400–57,200	−0.5	−270	67	38,300	64
Brazil	519,522	62	−0.42	519,000	−0.42	−2,200	92	316,650	51
Colombia	60,499	55	−0.17	56,900–61,500	−0.17	−101	14	15,240	60
Ecuador	9,865	36	−1.89	9,900–11,200	−1.89	−198	40	8,700	59
Guatemala	3,657	34	−1.47	3,700–4,600	−1.47	−56	43	2,500	51
Guyana	15,205	77	0	15,200	−0.6–0	−9–0	45	12,200	89
Honduras	5,192	46	−2.16	5,800	−2.16	−120	8	3,600	51
Mexico	64,802	33	−0.24	31,400^a	−0.49	−155	53	12,200	35^a
Panama	3,251	44	−0.36	3,000–4,300	−0.36	−12	22	2,300	49
Peru	67,992	53	−0.22	68,000–71,000	−0.1	−150	60	38,900	81
Suriname	14,758	95	−0.02	14,800	−0.1	−4	93	7,500	96
Trinidad & Tobago	226	44	−0.32	226	−0.32	−1	28	200	66
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	46,275	52	−0.61	46,700	−0.6	−288	45	33,400	55
Subtotal LAC	868,440	56		827,026–842,926		−3,559	74(648,000)	491,690	55
Belize	1,393	61	−0.68			−10	43	–
Costa Rica	2,605	51	+0.9			+23	24	–
Cuba	2,870	26	+1.25			+35	0	2,870
Dominican Republic	1,972	41	0			0	–	–
El Salvador	287	14	−1.47			−4	2	–
French Guiana	8,082	98	−0.04			−4	95	6,600
Haiti	101	4	−0.77			−1	0	–
Jamaica	337	31	−0.12			n.s.	26	120
Nicaragua	3,114	26	−2.11			−70	38	–
Paraguay	17,582	44	−0.99			−180	11	–
Total LAC	906,783	55				−3,770	73(660,110)	501,280
Total ITTO countries	142,0513	50		1,297,876–1,387,436	−0.43	−6,222	61(873,570)	783,070	56
Total	1,730,831	48			−0.45	−7,920	53(909,460)	880,950
Africa ITTO	270,067	48		226,410–282,370	−0.48	−1,310	42(113,730)	112,751	60
A/P ITTO	282,006	39		244,440–262,140	−0.48	−1,325	42(117,840)	178,629	51
LAC ITTO	868,449	56		827,026–842,926	−0.39	−3,559	74(648,000)	491,690	55
					Total gross	−8,214

Bold: ITTO producer countries
^aTropical forest only

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