UN FAO, 2010 - Two Sides

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FIGURe 7.1
forest ownership by subregion, 2005
eastern and Southern Africa
Northern Africa
Western and Central Africa
east Asia
South and Southeast Asia
Western and Central Asia
europe excl. Russian Federation
europe
Caribbean
Central America
North America
oceania
South America
World
0
20
40
60
80
100
Public
(%)
Private
other
FIGURe 7.2
Private forest ownership by type of forest owner and subregion, 2005
eastern and Southern Africa
Northern Africa
Western and Central Africa
Western and Central Asia
europe
Caribbean
Central America
North America
World
0
20
40
60
80
100
(%)
Individuals
Corporate/institutions
Community/indigenous
Note:This figure only includes subregions where information covered more than 50 percent of the total forest area.
This limited information gives only an imprecise indication of private forest
ownership at the global and regional levels. However, the countries reporting this
information indicated that 61 percent of private forests were owned by individuals,
19 percent by private corporations and institutions, and the remaining 21 percent by
local communities and indigenous people. At the regional level, individual ownership
was dominant in most regions and corporate ownership was also significant in North
America, Europe (excluding the Russian Federation) and Western and Central Asia.
Communities and indigenous people owned the majority of private forests in
sub-Saharan Africa, although this is insignificant in terms of total forest area (around
one percent of the total area), because almost all forest in these countries is owned by