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FIGURe 7.12
Countries with high values of nwfP removals, 2005
(uS$ million)
> 100
> 1 000
> 500 < 100 or no data
Trends
Due to a number of factors, comparisons of the value of wood and NWFP removals in
different years may be very unreliable. First, trends in the value of wood removals can
only be analysed for countries supplying information for all the years requested in the
FRA 2010 enquiry, but the number of countries reporting this information was very
low (see Table 7.10). Second, in the case of NWFPs, the amount and reliability of data
probably improved significantly in FRA 2010 compared with the previous assessment
(see below), so any difference between the values reported for FRA 2005 and FRA
2010 is likely to reflect improvements in data collection and reporting rather than real
trends in values.
Finally, the values of removals may fluctuate greatly from year to year (depending
on market conditions), so information for only a few years may reflect short-term
TABle 7.10
Countries reporting on value of wood removals by region, 1990, 2000 and 2005
region woodfuel industrial roundwood Total removals
number of
countries
reporting
% of forest
area
number of
countries
reporting
% of forest
area
number of
countries
reporting
% of forest
area
Africa 14 23 19 35 22 36
Asia 11 24 18 72 21 73
europe 20 15 23 15 23 15
North and Central America 3 53 5 97 5 97
oceania 1 0 3 20 4 20
South America 4 67 7 70 7 70
world 53 35 75 53 82 53