UN FAO, 2010 - Two Sides

Annex 3: Global tables 233
Country/area
TAble 3 (continued)
Trends in extent of forest 1990–2010
Forest area
(1 000 ha)
Annual change rate
1990 2000 2005 2010 1990–2000 2000–2005 2005–2010
1 000 ha/yr % a 1 000 ha/yr % a 1 000 ha/yr % a
Canada 310 134 310 134 310 134 310 134 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 70 291 66 751 65 578 64 802 -354 -0.52 -235 -0.35 -155 -0.24
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3 3 3 3 n.s. -0.60 n.s. -1.28 n.s. -0.68
United States of America 296 335 300 195 302 108 304 022 386 0.13 383 0.13 383 0.13
North America 676 764 677 083 677 823 678 961 32 n.s. 148 0.02 228 0.03
North and Central America 708 383 705 497 705 296 705 393 -289 -0.04 -40 -0.01 19 n.s.
American Samoa 18 18 18 18 n.s. -0.19 n.s. -0.19 n.s. -0.19
Australia 154 500 154 920 153 920 149 300 42 0.03 -200 -0.13 -924 -0.61
Cook Islands 15 16 16 16 n.s. 0.40 0 0 0 0
Fiji 953 980 997 1 014 3 0.29 3 0.34 3 0.34
French Polynesia 55 b 105 130 155 5 6.68 5 4.36 5 3.58
Guam 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiribati 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micronesia (Federated States of) 64 64 64 64 n.s. 0.04 n.s. 0.04 n.s. 0.04
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 – 0 –
New Caledonia 839 839 839 839 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 7 720 8 266 8 311 8 269 55 0.69 9 0.11 -8 -0.10
Niue 21 20 19 19 n.s. -0.50 n.s. -0.52 n.s. -0.53
Norfolk Island n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Mariana Islands 34 32 31 30 n.s. -0.50 n.s. -0.52 n.s. -0.53
Palau 38 40 40 40 n.s. 0.37 n.s. 0.36 0 0
Papua New Guinea 31 523 30 133 29 437 28 726 -139 -0.45 -139 -0.47 -142 -0.49
Pitcairn 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Samoa 130 171 171 171 4 2.78 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands 2 324 2 268 2 241 2 213 -6 -0.24 -5 -0.24 -6 -0.25
Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 – 0 –
Tonga 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuvalu 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 440 440 440 440 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna Islands 6 6 6 6 n.s. 0.03 n.s. 0.07 n.s. 0.03
Oceania 198 744 198 381 196 745 191 384 -36 -0.02 -327 -0.17 -1 072 -0.55
Argentina 34 793 31 861 30 599 29 400 -293 -0.88 -252 -0.81 -240 -0.80
bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62 795 60 091 58 734 57 196 -270 -0.44 -271 -0.46 -308 -0.53
brazil 574 839 545 943 530 494 519 522 -2 890 -0.51 -3 090 -0.57 -2 194 -0.42
Chile 15 263 15 834 16 043 16 231 57 0.37 42 0.26 38 0.23
Colombia 62 519 61 509 61 004 60 499 -101 -0.16 -101 -0.16 -101 -0.17
ecuador 13 817 11 841 10 853 9 865 -198 -1.53 -198 -1.73 -198 -1.89
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 – 0 –
French Guiana 8 188 8 118 8 100 8 082 -7 -0.09 -4 -0.04 -4 -0.04
Guyana 15 205 15 205 15 205 15 205 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 21 157 19 368 18 475 17 582 -179 -0.88 -179 -0.94 -179 -0.99
Peru 70 156 69 213 68 742 67 992 -94 -0.14 -94 -0.14 -150 -0.22
Suriname 14 776 14 776 14 776 14 758 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.02
Uruguay 920 1 412 1 520 1 744 49 4.38 22 1.48 45 2.79
Venezuela (bolivarian Republic of) 52 026 49 151 47 713 46 275 -288 -0.57 -288 -0.59 -288 -0.61
South America 946 454 904 322 882 258 864 351 -4 213 -0.45 -4 413 -0.49 -3 581 -0.41
World 4 168 399 4 085 168 4 060 964 4 033 060 -8 323 -0.20 -4 841 -0.12 -5 581 -0.14
a
b
Rate of gain or loss in percent of the remaining forest area each year within the given period.
FAO estimates based on information provided by these two countries for 2000 and 2005.