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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Deforestation rates tables and charts
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Deforestation tables and charts for
Australia
Deforestation data for
Australia
, 1990-2005.
Australia
's data is derived from the FAO.
Forest Cover (hectares):
163,678,000
Forest Cover (as % of total land area):
21.3
Other wooded land (hectares):
421,590,000
Other land with tree cover (hectares):
Total land area (hectares):
774,122,000
Forest Area
Classification |
Area |
Annual change rate |
Total change |
Period |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
1990-2000 |
1990-2000 |
2000-2005 |
2000-2005 |
1990-2005 |
1990-2005 |
1990s vs 2000s |
Units |
ha |
ha |
ha |
ha |
% |
ha |
% |
ha |
% |
% |
Total forest area |
167,904,000
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164,645,000
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163,678,000
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-326000
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-0.2
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-193000
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-0.1
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-4,226,000
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-2.52
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-50
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Other wooded land |
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421590000
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421590000
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42,159,000
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0
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0
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421,590,000
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Primary forests |
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5,233,000
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5,233,000
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-
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0
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0
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5233000
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Plantations |
1,023,000
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1,485,000
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1,766,000
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46,200
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4.52
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56,200
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3.78
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743000
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72.6
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-16.2
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Chart: Forest cover in Australia, 1990-2005
table: Potential for REDD in terms of avoided deforestation in Australia Assumes 100% reduction in deforestation, fully compensated, using FAO carbon estimates for above ground biomass. FAO's carbon estimates are very rough
Forests | Other wooded land | Annual forest cover change | Annual other wooded land cover change | Forest above-ground biomass | Other wooded land above-ground biomass | Forest CO2/ha | Other wooded land CO2/ha | CO2 emissions from forest loss | CO2 emissions from other woodland loss | Aggregate CO2 emissions from land cover change | Potential REDD earnings* | 2005 | 2005 | 2000-2005 | 2000-2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | | $3/tCO2e | $10/tCO2e | ha | ha | ha | ha | M t | M t | t | t | M t Co2 | M t Co2 | | $US M | $US M | 163,678,000 | 421590000 | -193000 | | 12,929 | - | 290 | | -55.9 | | -55.9 | 167.7 | 559 |
All data derived from the Forest Resources Assessment and the State of the World's Forests published by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O)
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