wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

186 APPENDIX ITable A1/2 Mire and peatland resources of AsiaCountry Total area Peatland areaAfghanistan 652,225 120Armenia 29,800 55Azerbaijan 86,600 10Bahrain 707 0Bangladesh 147,570 300Bhutan 47,000 1Brunei 5,765 1,000Cambodia 181,035 7,000China 9,571,300 7,000Cyprus 9,251 1East-Timor 14,609 ???Fiji 18,376 40Georgia 69,700 200India 3,165,596 300Indonesia 1,904,443 270,000Iran 1,648,000 10Iraq 438,317 100Israel 21,946 40Jammu and Kashmir 222,236 100Japan 377,837 2,000Jordan 89,556 1Kazakhstan 2,717,300 50Kuwait 17,818 0Kyrgyzstan 198,500 100Laos 236,800 200Lebanon 10,452 1Malaysia 329,758 25,000Maldives 298 1Mongolia 1,566,500 50Myanmar 676,552 500Nepal 147,181 1North Korea 120,538 1,300Oman 309,500 0Pakistan 796,095 100Papua New Guinea 462,840 28,942