Table 8 Timber production
Country | PES | PFE production nat. | Production | Fuelwood | Export | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fee | 000 ha | % Total forest | Mio m3/trend | % | Mio m3 | ||
Cameroon | 7,600 | 38 | 14.00 = | 67–85 | 1.00 | ||
Central African Republic | 5,200 | 23 | 3.00 = | 85 | 0.08 | High transport costs, no port; artisanal timber | |
Congo, Democratic Republic | 22,500 | 15 | 80.00 + | 85 | 0,22 | Low-quality timber, forests are difficult to assess | |
Congo, Republic of | 15,200 | 68 | 2.60 = | NTFP | 0.80 | High transport costs, no port | |
Côte d’Ivoire | 1,950 | 19 | 21.50 = | 90 | 0.50 | Policy revision 2010, low political will | |
Gabon | 10,600 | 48 | 3.40 = | 45 | 1.90 | Ban on unprocessed timber 2010 | |
Ghana | 774 | 16 | 1.32 + | NTFP | 0,25 | Log export banned since 1997, chainsaw lumber is illegal, but traded | |
Liberia | 1,700 | 39 | 0.36 + | NTFP | few | 2 of 4 ports work again | |
Nigeria | 2,720 | 30 | 77.00 = | 90 | 0.22 | >1/2 of log volume harvested by chainsaw | |
Togo | 0 | 0 | 6.00 = | 50 | 0.10 | No commercially exploitable forests left | |
Subtotal Africa* | 68,244 | 25 | |||||
Angola | 2,340 | 4 | 5.10 = | 75 | n.s. | ||
Benin | 1,410 | 31 | 6.70 = | 90 | n.s. | ||
Burundi | 15 | 9 | 10.70 + | 95 | n.s. | ||
Equatorial Guinea | 80 | 5 | 1.00 = | 45 | no logs2008 | ||
Gambia | n.s. | 0.80 = | 80 | n.s. | |||
Guinea | 130 | 2 | 12.60 = | 95 | 0.17 | ||
Guinea Bissau | 590 | 29 | 2.70 = | 85 | 0.01 | ||
Kenya | x | 210 | 6 | 27.60 = | 95 | n.s. | |
Madagascar | in prep. | 3,260 | 26 | 13.30 = | 90 | n.s. | |
Mozambique | 26,170 | 67 | 18.10 = | 95 | 0,01 | ||
Rwanda | 320 | 74 | 6.20 = | 95 | – | ||
Sierra Leone | 240 | 9 | 5.70 = | 95 | 0.02 | ||
Tanzania, United Republic | 23,730 | 71 | 25.00 = | 90 | 0.01 | ||
Uganda | 360 | 12 | 43.70 = | 90 | no logs 1,999 | ||
Zambia | 11,870 | 24 | 10.40 = | 90 | n.s. | ||
Zimbabwe | 1,560 | 10 | 9.50 = | 90 | n.s. | ||
Total Africa | 140,529 | 28 | |||||
Cambodia | 3,710 | 37 | 0.10 − | 20 | 0.02 | Logging in natural forest banned since 1988 | |
Fiji | x | 0 | 0 | 0.47 = | NTFP | 0.01 | Remaining forest difficult to access |
India | 26,160 | 38 | 307.00 = | 85 | 0.00 | 50 % of wood supply from non-forest resources | |
Indonesia | Regionally | 38,600 | 41 | 101.00 = | 86 | 3.00 | Illegal logging equals official harvest |
Malaysia | 10,298 | 50 | 18.00 − | NTFP | 4.40 | FSC + PEFC certified, harvest from plantations | |
Myanmar | 15,800 | 50 | 43.10 = | 91 | 1.40 | Government controls teak, limited profit for others | |
Papua New Guinea | 8,700 | 30 | 2.90 + | NTFP | 1.90 | 1,8 Mio m3/a by clearance authorities for agriculture, difficult access | |
Philippines | 4,700 | 61 | 0.85 = | 30 | 0.00 | 1988 ban on old-growth logging | |
Thailand | 251 | 1 | 45.00 = | 90 | 1.60 | Logging ban in natural forests since 1988 | |
Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 0.14 = | 75 | few | All land is owned by individuals or clans | |
Subtotal A/P* | 108,219 | 38 | |||||
Brunei Darussalam | 220 | 58 | 0.10 = | n.s. | banned | ||
Lao People’ Democratic Republic | 3,620 | 23 | 6.20 = | 95 | no logs | ||
Nepal | 0.20 = | 25 | banned | ||||
Solomon Islands | 380 | 17 | 1.60 = | NTFP | 1.4 | Resource exhausted by 2014 | |
Sri Lanka | 170 | 9 | 5.80 − | 90 | n.s. | Logging ban | |
Timor-Leste | 247 | 33 | 0.10 = | 100 | n.s. | ||
Vietnam, Socialist Republic | pilot p. | 6,480 | 47 | 27.80 = | 90 | no logs | |
Total A/P | 119,587 | 37 | |||||
Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 25,100 | 44 | 2.70 + | NTFP | 0.40 | No demand for certified timber | |
Brazil | x | 135,000 | 26 | 247.00 = | 50 | 1.10 | FSC + PEFC certified, 166 Mio m3 from plantations |
Colombia | x | 5,500 | 9 | 13.00 = | 85 | n.s. | Wood is abundant, prices are low, no incentives for management |
Ecuador | x | 1,964 | 20 | 4.80 + | 80 | 0.20 | Harvest in planted forests is greater |
Guatemala | x | 1,140 | 31 | 16.00 + | 40 | 0.01 | 30–50 % of official production is illegal |
Guyana | x | 11,090 | 73 | 0.30 = | 5 | 0.15 | Overmature stands, industry sector underdeveloped |
Honduras | 1,096 | 21 | 10.80 − | 90 | 0.07 | Illegal production is three to four times higher | |
Mexico | x | 8,400 | 13 | 2.40 = | NTFP | 0.00 | Nonrenewals of certificates, lack of price premium |
Panama | (x) | 350 | 11 | 1.50 − | 90 | n.s. | Forests are considered as common goods, no political priority |
Peru | 18,700 | 28 | 2.40 = | NTFP | 0.50 | Log export not permitted | |
Suriname | 5,319 | 36 | 0.20 = | 1 | 0.05 | Lack of interest, gold-mining has priority | |
Trinidad & Tobago | 127 | 56 | 0.05 = | NTFP | 0.00 | Needs imports | |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic | 12,920 | 28 | 2.40 = | NTFP | n.s. | No demand for certified timber | |
Subtotal LAC a | 226,706 | 26 | |||||
Belize | 0 | 0 | 0.20 = | – | n.s. | ||
Costa Rica | x | 360 | 14 | 4.70 = | 30 | 0.20 | |
Cuba | 890 | 31 | 1.90 − | 70 | – | ||
Dominican Republic | x | – | 0.90 = | – | n.s. | ||
El Salvador | pilot p | 70 | 24 | 4.90 = | 85 | 0.02 | |
French Guiana | 0 | 0 | 0.20 = | 0 | n.s. | ||
Haiti | 50 | 50 | 2.20 = | – | – | ||
Jamaica | 10 | 3 | 0.70 − | – | – | ||
Nicaragua | none | 620 | 20 | 6.10 = | 15 | n.s. | |
Paraguay | x | 0 | 0 | 10.60 + | 0 | 0.02 | |
Total LAC | 2,000 | 25 | |||||