|
ANNEX 2.5 Designated functions of forest - primary function 2005|
Country
|
Total
Forest
x1000
ha
|
% of total forest whose primary function is designated as:
|
|
|
Product- ion |
Protect
-ion |
Conserv-
ation |
Social
services
|
Multiple
purpose
|
None or
unknown
|
|
Africa
|
|
Cameroon
|
21,245
|
29.3
|
2.7
|
48.6
|
1.0
|
18.4
|
-
|
|
Gambia
|
471
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
|
Ghana
|
5,517
|
22.7
|
6.4
|
0.8
|
1.2
|
-
|
68.9
|
|
Kenya
|
3,522
|
n.s.
|
100
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Lesotho
|
8
|
92.5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7.5
|
|
Mauritius
|
37
|
29.7
|
43.2
|
21.6
|
8.1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mozambique
|
19,262
|
17.5
|
-
|
2.3
|
-
|
80.2
|
-
|
|
Namibiab
|
7,661
|
-
|
-
|
35.9
|
-
|
16.5
|
47.5
|
|
Nigeria
|
11,089
|
27.6
|
0
|
49.6
|
0
|
0
|
22.7
|
|
Seychelles
|
40
|
2.5
|
15.0
|
5.0
|
20.0
|
15.0
|
42.5
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
2,754
|
10.3
|
1.2
|
2.8
|
-
|
-
|
85.7
|
|
South Africa
|
9,203
|
15.5
|
-
|
10.3
|
-
|
74.2
|
-
|
|
Swaziland
|
541
|
26.8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
73.0
|
|
Uganda
|
3,627
|
14.9
|
-
|
14.8
|
-
|
-
|
70.2
|
|
Tanzania
|
35,257
|
71.0
|
-
|
6.0
|
-
|
22.9
|
-
|
|
Zambia
|
42,452
|
7.1
|
4.2
|
15.0
|
-
|
73.7
|
-
|
|
Americas
|
|
Barbados
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
17.6
|
-
|
-
|
82.4
|
|
Grenada
|
4
|
5.1
|
13.5
|
56.0
|
-
|
-
|
25.1
|
|
Jamaica
|
339
|
2.4
|
4.5
|
21.3
|
0
|
6.0
|
65.8
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
17
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
58.8
|
41.2
|
|
Trinidad and
Tobago
|
226
|
19.5
|
13.3
|
6.2
|
1.3
|
0
|
59.7
|
|
Belize
|
1,653
|
-
|
-
|
37.0
|
-
|
-
|
63.0
|
|
Canada
|
310,134
|
1.3
|
-
|
4.9
|
-
|
86.7
|
7.1
|
|
Guyana
|
8,063
|
0
|
0
|
4.0
|
0
|
31.5
|
64.4
|
|
South Asia
|
|
Bangladesh
|
871
|
31.7
|
7.8
|
20.9
|
1.1
|
38.5
|
0
|
|
Bhutan
|
3,195
|
15.9
|
45.8
|
27.2
|
-
|
-
|
11.1
|
|
India
|
67,701
|
21.2
|
14.8
|
21.7
|
-
|
42.4
|
-
|
|
Pakistan
|
1,902
|
32.0
|
-
|
11.4
|
-
|
56.7
|
-
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
1,933
|
8.8
|
1.0
|
28.9
|
-
|
61.3
|
-
|
|
South-east Asia & Pacific
|
|
Australia
|
163,678
|
8.0
|
-
|
13.1
|
-
|
77.6
|
1.3
|
|
Brunei
Darussalam
|
278
|
62.6
|
6.8
|
29.1
|
1.4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Fiji
|
1,000
|
10.1
|
33.9
|
7.4
|
0
|
48.7
|
0
|
|
Malaysia
|
20,890
|
56.6
|
18.2
|
5.4
|
-
|
19.8
|
-
|
|
New Zealand
|
8,309
|
22.0
|
0.2
|
77.7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Papua New
Guinea
|
29,437
|
24.8
|
-
|
4.6
|
-
|
4.9
|
65.7
|
|
Samoa
|
171
|
47.1
|
20.4
|
16.7
|
4.2
|
5.0
|
6.7
|
|
Singapore
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tonga
|
4
|
0.6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
99.4
|
|
Europe
|
|
Cyprus
|
174
|
24.7
|
-
|
2.9
|
10.3
|
55.6
|
5.7
|
|
Malta
|
n.s.
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
|
United Kingdom
|
2,845
|
33.7
|
0.2
|
5.1
|
3.7
|
53.1
|
4.2
|
a Designated function is defined by FAO’s Forest Resource Assessment 2005 as the function or
purpose assigned to a piece of land either by legal prescription or by the landowner/manager.
b The
country provided figures for forests and OWL combined; FAO distributed them between the two.
Countries with no records omitted.
