UN FAO, 2010 - Two Sides

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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010
TAble 12 (continued)
Area of forest affected by fire and other disturbances 2005 a
Country/area Forest fire Insects
(1 000 ha)
Diseases
(1 000 ha)
Other biotic
agents
(1 000 ha)
Abiotic
factors
(1 000 ha)
Total
(excluding fire) b
1 000 ha % wild fire 1 000 ha % of forest
area in 2005
Guinea-bissau – – – – – – – –
liberia – – – – – – – –
Mali 168 68 – – – – – –
Niger 27 0 – 2 – – – –
Nigeria – – – – – – – –
Rwanda – – – – – – – –
Saint Helena, Ascension and
– – – – – – – –
Tristan da Cunha
Sao Tome and Principe – – – – – – – –
Senegal 816 14 – – – – – –
Sierra leone – 90 – – – – – –
Togo – – – – – – – –
Western and Central Africa – – – – – – – –
Africa – – – – – – – –
China 221 11 3 152 348 749 – 4 250 2
Democratic People’s Republic of 46 – – – – – – –
Korea
Japan 1 100 n.s. 1 6 19 26 n.s.
Mongolia 280 100 611 – – – – –
Republic of Korea 1 100 315 0 – – 315 5
East Asia – – – – – – – –
bangladesh – – 146 – – – – –
bhutan 7 100 n.s. n.s. – n.s. n.s. n.s.
brunei Darussalam – – – – – – – –
Cambodia – – – – – – – –
India 1 605 100 839 0 25 499 4 383 29 882 44
Indonesia 5 100 – – – – – –
lao People’s Democratic Republic – – – – – – – –
Malaysia 2 100 – – – – – –
Maldives – – – – – – – –
Myanmar 218 – – – – – – –
Nepal – – – – – – – –
Pakistan – 100 – – – – – –
Philippines 2 100 n.s. n.s. 0 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Singapore 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sri lanka – – – – – – – –
Thailand 21 – – – – – – –
Timor-leste – – – – – – – –
Viet Nam – – – – – – – –
South and Southeast Asia – – – – – – – –
Afghanistan – – – – – – – –
Armenia n.s. 100 46 8 – – 54 19
Azerbaijan n.s. – 5 5 – – – –
bahrain – – – – – – – –
Cyprus n.s. 100 6 0 4 0 10 6
Georgia – 100 – – – – – –
Iran (Islamic Republic of) – – – – – – – –
Iraq – – – – – – – –