|
TABLE 1.2 Characteristics of Commonwealth forests|
Region
|
Primary and Modified Natural Forest
(1000 ha) |
Plantations
|
|
Total Area*
|
Primary
|
Modified
|
Semi-
natural
|
Prod-
uction
|
Prot-
ection | |
|
Africa
|
144,843
|
2,518
|
139,510
|
31
|
2,780
|
4
|
|
Americas
|
|
- Caribbean
|
1,143
|
28
|
1,071
|
0
|
23
|
6
|
|
- Other
|
326,891
|
173,350
|
151,540
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total Americas
|
328,066
|
175,378
|
152,611
|
0
|
23
|
6
|
|
S Asia
|
72,407
|
167
|
36,690
|
31,532
|
1,737
|
2,281
|
|
SE Asia & Pacific
|
223,769
|
38,944
|
163,883
|
15,526
|
5,385
|
31
|
|
Europe
|
3,019
|
22
|
757
|
311
|
1,902
|
27
|
|
Total
|
772,104
|
217,029
|
493,451
|
47,400
|
11,827
|
2,349
|
|
%
|
28.1
|
64.0
|
6.1
|
1.5
|
0.3
|
Source: FAO 2006(a)
* Totals do not agree with Table 1.1, since a few countries did not report on the characteristics of their forests to FRA2005. The difference, of 35,800 ha, is only 4% of the total, so the figures are believed to be sufficiently representative of the actual breakdown of forest characteristics.
Two countries are missing from the Table - Bermuda and Tuvalu. Neither was included in the information of ecological zones in FRA2000.
