Commonwealth Forests

Chapter 1: The Forest Resource

Jim Ball Chair, Commonwealth Forestry Association

• EXTENT OF THE FOREST RESOURCE

  • TABLE 1.1 Area of forests in the Commonwealth 2005

  • BOX 1.1 Forests in Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCC), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and on mountains

• NATURAL, MODIFIED AND SEMI-NATURAL FOREST

  • TABLE 1.2 Characteristics of Commonwealth forests

  • TABLE 1.3 National importance of forest ecological zones

• DEFORESTATION - AND FOREST DEGRADATION

  • BOX 1.2 Two climatic extremes - mangroves and boreal forest

  • TABLE 1.4 Change in extent of Commonwealth forests, 1990-2000 and 2000-2005

• FOREST PLANTATIONS

  • TABLE 1.5 Area of forest plantations in the Commonwealth 2005

• URBAN FORESTRY

  • BOX 1.3 Urban tree planting in Malaysia

• FOREST OWNERSHIP

• SUMMARY

• REFERENCES