TROPICAL RAINFORESTS : Deforestation rates tables and charts
Timor-Leste
Forest Information and Data
According to the U.N. FAO,
49.9% or about 742,000 ha of Timor-Leste is forested, according to FAO. Timor-Leste had 43,000 ha of planted forest. Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2010, Timor-Leste lost an average of 11,200 ha or 1.16% per year. In total, between 1990 and 2010, Timor-Leste lost 23.2% of its forest cover, or around 224,000 ha. Timor-Leste's forests contain - million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass.
Biodiversity and Protected Areas: 0.0% of Timor-Leste is protected under IUCN categories I-V.
2011 Update In May 2011, Sassan Saatchi of Caltech's Jet Propulsion Lab and colleagues published a paper in PNAS with new carbon stock estimates for global tropical forests .Forest definition (canopy cover %) 10% tree cover 25% tree cover 30% tree cover Forest Area (M ha) 1 1 0 Aboveground forest carbon (Mt C) 64 39 31 Belowground forest carbon (Mt C) 18 11 9 Total forest carbon (Mt C) 83 51 40 Average Carbon Density (t C/ha) 83 84 85
M=million, t=metric tons; all figures are mean carbon stock values
The following contains data relating to forest cover in Timor-Leste
Previous version of this profile (2009)
SECTIONS:
Timor-Leste: Forest Cover, 2010
Total Land Area (1000 ha) 1487
Total Forest Area (1000 ha) 742
Percent Forest Cover 50
Primary Forest Cover (1000 ha) 0
Primary Forest, % total forest 0
Other wooded land (1000 ha) 0
Percent other wooded land 0
Timor-Leste: Breakdown of forest types, 2010
Primary forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) 0 0
Other naturally regenerated forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) 699 94
Planted Forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) 43 6
Timor-Leste: Trends in Total (Net) Forest Cover, 1990-2010
TOTAL FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990 2000 2005 2010
966 854 798 742
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
-11 -11 -11
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
-1.22 -1.35 -1.44
Timor-Leste: Trends in Natural Forest Cover (Deforestation), 1990-2010
FOREST COVER (excluding planted forests) (1000 ha)
1990 2000 2005 2010
937 811 755 699
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
-13 -13 -11
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
-1.3 -1 -1
Timor-Leste: Trends in Primary or Old Growth Forest Cover, 1990-2010
PRIMARY FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990 2000 2005 2010
0 0 0 0
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
0 0 0
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
- - -
Timor-Leste: Trends in Planted Forest Cover, 1990-2010
PLANTED FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990 2000 2005 2010
29 43 43 43
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
1 0 0
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
4.02 0 0
Timor-Leste: Primary designated function (percent)
Production Protection of soil and water Conservation of biodiversity Social services Multiple use Other None or unknown
33 42 25 0 0 0 0
Timor-Leste: Forest ownership and management rights 2005 (percent)
OWNERSHIP PATTERN
Public ownership Private ownership Other
33 67 0
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
Individuals Business entities and institutions Local, indigenous and tribal communities
- - -
HOLDER OF MANAGEMENT RIGHTS OF PUBLIC FORESTS
Public administration Individuals Business
entities and Institutions Communities Other
0 0 0 100 0
Timor-Leste: Growing stock in forest
GROWING STOCK IN FOREST
Total (million m3) Per hectare (m3) Coniferous (million m3) Broadleaved (million m3) % commercial species
- - - - -
GROWING STOCK IN FOREST
Total (million m3) Per hectare (m3) Coniferous (million m3) Broadleaved (million m3) % commercial species
0 -
Timor-Leste: Trends in carbon stock in living forest biomass 1990-2010
CARBON STOCK IN LIVING FOREST BIOMASS (million metric tons)
1990 2000 2005 2010
- - - -
CARBON STOCK IN LIVING FOREST BIOMASS (per hectare in tons)
2000
-
ANNUAL CHANGE (1 000 t/yr)
1990 2000 2005 2010
- - -
ANNUAL CHANGE PER HECTARE (t/ha/yr)
1990 2000 2005 2010
- - -
Timor-Leste: Area of forest affected by fire and other disturbances 2005
FOREST FIRE
1000 ha % wild fire (not managed burn)
- -
EXCLUDING FOREST FIRE
Insects Diseases Other biotic agents Abiotic factors Total (excluding fire) % of 2005 forest area
- - - - - -
Timor-Leste: Trends in removals of wood products 1990-2005
INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD Total volume (1 000 m3 over bark)
1990 2000 2005 percent of which from forest 2005
- - - -
WOODFUEL Total volume (1 000 m3 over bark)
1990 2000 2005 percent of which from forest 2005
- 1300 1300 -
Timor-Leste: Value of wood and NWFP removals 2005
Value of removals (million US$) Value per ha forest (US$)
Industrial roundwood Woodfuel NWFP Total
- - - - -
Timor-Leste: Employment in forestry 1990-2005
TOTAL (1000 full-time employees)
1990 2000 2005
- - -
IN PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF GOODS-FORESTRY (1000 full-time employees)
1990 2000 2005
- - -
IN MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS-CONSERVATION (1000 full-time employees)
1990 2000 2005
- - -
Timor-Leste: Forest policy and legal framework 2008
National forest policy (year): Yes (2007)
Sub-national forest policy: No
National forest program (year) - status: No (-) -
National forest law (year): Specific forest law (2000)
Sub-national forest law: No
Timor-Leste: Human resources within public forest institutions 2000-2008
2000 2005 2008
# % female # % female # % female
- - - - 57 -
Timor-Leste: Forest revenue and public expenditure on forestry 2005
Forest revenue Public expenditure (1000 US$)
Domestic funding External funding Total
(1000 US$) Operational expenditure Transfer payments Operational expenditure Transfer payments Operational expenditure Transfer payments
- 942 - 400 50 1342 50
Timor-Leste: Status of ratification of international conventions and agreements as of 1 January 2010
CbD :
UNFCCC :
Kyoto Protocol :
UNCCD :
ITTA :
CITeS :
Ramsar :
World Heritage Convention :
NlbI :
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Timor-Leste: Population / Demographics
Percent rural (2003) 92.4%
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Timor-Leste
: References & Data Sources
Environment, Land use / Resources, Economy, Population / Demographics, Infrastructure, Health -- CIA World Factbook, 2005
Forest Cover, Forest types, Breakdown of forest types, Change in Forest Cover, Primary forests, Forest designation, Disturbances affecting forest land, Value of forests, Production, trade and consumption of forest products -- The FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005 & 2010) and the State of the World's Forests (2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001)
Protected Areas, Plant and animal biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2004. World Database on Protected Areas.
Biosphere reservers -- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.
RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands . 2005. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.
World Resources Institute's EarthTrends web site
The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Population Data -- United Nations Population Fund
With additional analysis by Rhett Butler of mongabay.com