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ANNEX 2.1 Extent of forest and other wooded land 2005|
Country
|
Forest
|
OWL
| ||
|
1000 ha
|
% land
area
|
ha
forest
/head |
1000 ha
| |
|
Africa
|
|
Botswana
|
11,943
|
21.1
|
6.9
|
34,791
|
|
Cameroon
|
21,245
|
45.6
|
1.3
|
14,758
|
|
Gambia
|
471
|
41.7
|
0.3
|
125
|
|
Ghana
|
5,517
|
24.2
|
0.3
|
0
|
|
Kenya
c
|
3,522
|
6.2
|
0.1
|
34,920
|
|
Lesotho
c
|
8
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
31
|
|
Malawi
|
3,402
|
36.2
|
0.3
|
-
|
|
Mauritius
d
|
37
|
18.2
|
0.0
|
15
|
|
Mozambique
|
19,262
|
24.6
|
1.0
|
40,919
|
|
Namibia
c
|
7,661
|
9.3
|
3.8
|
8,473
|
|
Nigeria
|
11,089
|
12.2
|
0.1
|
5,495
|
|
Seychelles
d
|
40
|
88.9
|
0.5
|
-
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
2,754
|
38.5
|
0.5
|
384
|
|
South Africa
c
|
9,203
|
7.6
|
0.2
|
21,409
|
|
Swaziland
|
541
|
31.5
|
0.5
|
289
|
|
Uganda
|
3,627
|
18.4
|
0.1
|
1,150
|
|
Tanzania
|
35,257
|
39.9
|
1.0
|
4,756
|
|
Zambia
|
42,452
|
57.1
|
4.0
|
3,161
|
|
Total Commonwealth Africaa
|
178,031
|
23.4
|
0.5
|
170,676
|
|
Total Africa
|
21.4
|
|
Americas
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
d
|
9
|
21.4
|
0.1
|
16
|
|
Bahamas
d
|
515
|
51.5
|
1.6
|
36
|
|
Barbados
c d
|
2
|
4.0
|
0.0
|
-
|
|
Bermuda
|
1
|
20.0
|
0.0
|
0
|
|
Dominica
d
|
46
|
61.3
|
0.7
|
|
|
Grenada
d
|
4
|
12.2
|
0.0
|
5
|
|
Jamaica
d
|
339
|
31.3
|
0.1
|
188
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
d
|
5
|
14.7
|
0.1
|
6
|
|
Saint Lucia
d
|
17
|
27.9
|
0.1
|
5
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
d
|
11
|
27.4
|
0.1
|
2
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
d
|
226
|
44.1
|
0.2
|
74
|
|
Total Commonwealth Caribbean
|
1,175
|
39.8
|
0.2
|
332
|
|
Total Caribbean
|
5,974
|
26.1
|
||
|
Belize
d
|
1,653
|
72.5
|
5.8
|
115
|
|
Canada
|
310,134
|
33.6
|
9.7
|
91,951
|
|
Guyana
d
|
15,104
|
76.7
|
19.6
|
3,580
|
|
Total Commonwealth C & N America
|
326,891
|
34.6
|
9.9
|
95,646
|
|
Total Commonwealth Americas
|
328,066
|
34.6
|
8.6
|
95,978
|
|
South Asia
|
|
Bangladesh
c
|
871
|
6.7
|
0.0
|
58
|
|
India
|
67,701
|
22.8
|
0.1
|
4,110
|
|
Maldives
c d
|
1
|
3.0
|
0.0
|
0
|
|
Pakistan
c
|
1,902
|
2.5
|
0.0
|
1,389
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
1,933
|
29.9
|
0.1
|
0
|
|
Total Commonwealth S Asia
|
72,408
|
18.1
|
0.1
|
5,557
|
|
Total S Asia
|
|
South-east Asia & Pacific
|
|
Australia
|
163,678
|
21.3
|
8.1
|
421,590
|
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
278
|
52.8
|
0.8
|
160
|
|
Fiji
d
|
1,000
|
54.7
|
1.2
|
-
|
|
Kiribati
d
|
2
|
30.0
|
0.0
|
-
|
|
Malaysia
|
20,890
|
63.6
|
0.8
|
-
|
|
Nauru
c d
|
0
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
|
New Zealand
|
8,309
|
31.0
|
2.0
|
2,557
|
|
Papua New Guinea
d
|
29,437
|
65.0
|
5.2
|
4,474
|
|
Samoa
d
|
171
|
60.4
|
1.0
|
22
|
|
Singapore
c d
|
2
|
3.4
|
0.0
|
0
|
|
Solomon Islands
d
|
2,172
|
77.6
|
4.6
|
-
|
|
Tonga
c d
|
4
|
5.0
|
0.0
|
1
|
|
Tuvalu
d
|
1
|
33.3
|
0.1
|
0
|
|
Vanuatu
d
|
440
|
36.1
|
2.0
|
476
|
|
Total Commonwealth SE Asia
& Pacificb |
226,388
|
25.7
|
3.7
|
7,690
|
|
Total SE Asia & Pacific
|
206,254
|
24.3
|
|
Europe
|
|
Cyprus
d
|
174
|
18.9
|
0.2
|
214
|
|
Malta
c d
|
n.s.
|
1.1
|
0.0
|
0
|
|
United Kingdom
|
2,845
|
11.8
|
0.0
|
20
|
|
Total Commonwealth Europe
|
3,023
|
12.0
|
0.0
|
234
|
|
Total
Europe
|
1,001,394
|
44.3
|
||
|
Total Commonwealth
|
||||
|
Total
World
|
3,952,025
|
30.3
|
Source: FAO FRA 2005 - figures not available
a Includes British Indian
Ocean Territory (3,000 ha of forest) and St Helena (2,000 ha)
b Includes
Pitcairn (4,000 ha of forest)
c Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCC)
d
Members of the Alliance of Small Island States
The UK Overseas Territories are mostly excluded from the above, since they are not self-governing nations. The consist of: Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and Dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turk and Caicos Islands, Pitcairn Island, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus.
Commonwealth Members of the Alliance of Small Island States
Africa - Mauritius, Seychelles.
Americas - Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.
SE Asia and Oceania - Fiji, Kiribati, Maldives, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Europe - Cyprus, Malta
