Azerbaijan: Forest Cover, 2005
| Total Land Area (ha) | 8,260,000 | | Total Forest Area (ha) | 936,000 | | Percent Forest Cover | 11.33% | | Primary Forest Cover (ha) | 400,000 | | Primary Forest, % total forest | 42.74% | | Primary Forest, % total land | 4.84% | | Other wooded land (ha) | 54,000 |
Azerbaijan : Forest types
| Tropical (% forest area) | 0% | | Subtropical (% forest area) | 38% | | Temperate (% forest area) | 62% | | Boreal/polar (% forest area) | 0% |
Azerbaijan: Breakdown of forest types, 2005
| Primary forest (ha | %) | 400,000 | 42.7% | | Modified natural (ha | %) | 516,000 | 55.1% | | Semi-natural (ha | %) | - | - | | Production plantation (ha | %) | - | - | | Production plantation (ha | %) | 20,000 | 2.1% |
Azerbaijan: Change in Forest Cover
| TOTAL FOREST COVER | | Forest 1990 (ha) | 936,000 | | Forest 2000 (ha) | 936,000 | | Forest 2005 (ha) | 936,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Change in rate (%) | #DIV/0! | | PRIMARY FOREST COVER | | Primary 1990 (ha) | 400,000 | | Primary 2000 (ha) | 400,000 | | Primary 2005 (ha) | 400,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Change in rate (%) | #DIV/0! | | OTHER WOODED LAND | | Other 1990 (ha) | 54,000 | | Other 2000 (ha) | 54,000 | | Other 2005 (ha) | 54,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Change in rate (%) | #DIV/0! | | PLANTATIONS | | Other 1990 (ha) | 20,000 | | Other 2000 (ha) | 20,000 | | Other 2005 (ha) | 20,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Change in rate (%) | #DIV/0! | TOTAL DEGRADATION/CONSERVSION
Forest area+Wooded Area-Plantations | | Other 1990 (ha) | 970,000 | | Other 2000 (ha) | 970,000 | | Other 2005 (ha) | 970,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Change in rate (%) | #DIV/0! |
Azerbaijan: Primary
| Primary or "old-growth" vegetation | | Primary Forest 2005 (ha) | 400,000 | | Other primary wooded land 2005 (ha) | 15,000 | | Other primary wooded land 2005 (ha) | 415,000 | | Undisturbed vegetation 2005 (% land area) | 5.02% |
Azerbaijan: Forest designation
| Ownership of forest land, 2000 | | Public (%) | 99.9% | | Private (%) | 0.0% | | Other (%) | 0.0% | | Ownership of other wooded land, 2000 | | Public (%) | 100.0% | | Private (%) | 0.0% | | Other (%) | 0.0% | | Designated functions of forest � primary function 2005 | | Production (%) | 0.0% | | Protection (%) | 92.3% | | Conservation (%) | 7.7% | | Social Services (%) | - | | Multiple Services (%) | 0.0% | | None of Unknown (%) | 0.0% |
Azerbaijan: Disturbances affecting forest land 2000
| Forest Area annually affected by | | Fire (%) | 0.00% | | Insects (ha) | 0.64% | | Diseases (ha) | 0.64% | | Other (ha) | - |
Azerbaijan: Protected areas
| Protected areas | | Biosphere reserves, 2005 | | Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar sites), 2005 | 3 | | World Heritage sites, 2004 | 1 | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-V, percent of total land | 4.6% | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories Ia, Ib, and II, extent, percent of total land | 0.86% | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories III, IV, and V, percent of total land, 2004 | 3.69% | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories VI and other, percent of total land, 2004 | 0.05% |
Azerbaijan: Biodiversity - Wildlife
| Amphibians | | total species | 10 | | endemic species | 0 | | threatened species | 0 | | Birds | | total species | 364 | | endemic species | 2 | | threatened species | 11 | | Mammals | | total species | 82 | | endemic species | 1 | | threatened species | 11 | | Reptiles | | total species | 61 | | endemic species | 0 | | threatened species | 5 | | Wildlife diversity | | total species | 517 | | endemic species | 3 | | threatened species | 27 |
Azerbaijan: Biodiversity - Plants
| Growing stock composition | 3 most common species
% of total growing stock | - | | Growing stock composition | 3 most common species
% of total growing stock | - | | Number of Native tree species | | | Native tree species | 109 | | Number of tree species in IUCN red list | | Critically Endangered | | 0 | | Endangered | 0 | | Vulnerable | 0 | | Vascular Plant Species, 2004 | | Total | 4300 | | Number endemic | 240 | | Number of Threatened Plant Species, 2004 | | Species threatened | 0 |
Azerbaijan: Value of forests
| Biomass stock in forest, 2005 | | Above-ground biomass (M t) | 99 | | Below-ground biomass (M t) | 17 | | Dead wood (M t) | - | | Total (M t) | - | | Carbon stock in forest, 2005 | | Carbon in above-ground biomass (M t) | 49 | | Carbon in below-ground biomass (M t) | 9 | | Carbon in dead wood (M t) | - | | Carbon in litter (M t) | - | | Soil carbon (M t) | - | | Change in growing stock 1990 - 2005 | | Annual change rate (1000 cubic m/yr) | | 1990-2000 | 0 | | 2000-2005 | 0 | | Growing stock per hectare 1990 - 2005 | | Annual change rate ( cubic m/ha per yr) | | 1990-2000 | 0 | | 2000-2005 | 0 | | Wood removal 2005 | | Industrial roundwood (1000 cubic m) | 8 | | Wood fuel (1000 cubic m) | 7 | | Total wood removal 2005 (1000 cubic m) | 16 | | Total wood removal 2005 (% of growing stock) | n.s. | | Plant products 2005 | | Food (t) | - | | Fodder (t) | - | | Raw material for medicine and aromatic products (t) | - | | Raw material for colorants and dyes (t) | - | | Raw material for utensils, handicrafts & construction (t) | - | | Ornamental plants (t) | - | | Exudates (t) | - | | Other plant products (t) | - | | Animal products 2005 | | Living animals (units) | - | | Hides, skins and trophies (units) | - | | Wild honey and bee-wax (t) | - | | Bush meat (t) | - | | Raw material for medicine and aromatic products (t) | - | | Raw material for colorants and dyes (t) | - | | Other edible animal products (t) | - | | Other non-edible animal products (t) | - | | Value of wood and non-wood forest product removal 2005 | | Industrial roundwood (US$) | - | | Wood fuel (US$) | - | | Non-wood forest products (US$) | - | | Total value (US$) | - | | Total value ($USD/ha) | $- | | Employment in forestry 2000 | | Total people employed | 3,000 |
Azerbaijan : Production, trade and consumption of forest products, 2002
| Woodfuel ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 6 | | Imports | 0 | | Exports | - | | Consumption | 6 | | Industrial roundwood ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 7 | | Imports | 1 | | Exports | 0 | | Consumption | 8 | | Sawnwood ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 0 | | Imports | 203 | | Exports | 1 | | Consumption | 202 | | Wood-based panels ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 1 | | Imports | 59 | | Exports | 1 | | Consumption | 59 | | Pulp for paper ('000 metric tons), 2002 | | Production | 0 | | Imports | 0 | | Exports | 0 | | Consumption | 0 | | Paper and paperboard ('000 metric tons), 2002 | | Production | 143 | | Imports | 13 | | Exports | 0 | | Consumption | 156 |
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Azerbaijan: Environment
| Environment - current issues | local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT as a pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton | | Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Natural hazards | droughts |
Azerbaijan: Land use / Resources
| Land use (%) | arable land: 19.63%
permanent crops: 2.71%
other: 77.66% (2001) | | Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina |
Azerbaijan: Economy
| Economy - overview: | Azerbaijan's number one export is oil. Azerbaijan's oil production declined through 1997 but has registered an increase every year since. Negotiation of production-sharing arrangements (PSAs) with foreign firms, which have thus far committed $60 billion to long-term oilfield development, should generate the funds needed to spur future industrial development. Oil production under the first of these PSAs, with the Azerbaijan International Operating Company, began in November 1997. A consortium of Western oil companies is scheduled to begin pumping 1 million barrels a day from a large offshore field in early 2006, through a $4 billion pipeline it built from Baku to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Economists estimate that by 2010 revenues from this project will double the country's current GDP. Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the former Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects. Baku has only recently begun making progress on economic reform, and old economic ties and structures are slowly being replaced. Several other obstacles impede Armenia's economic progress: the need for stepped up foreign investment in the non-energy sector, the continuing conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and the pervasive corruption. Trade with Russia and the other former Soviet republics is declining in importance while trade is building with Turkey and the nations of Europe. Long-term prospects will depend on world oil prices, the location of new pipelines in the region, and Azerbaijan's ability to manage its oil wealth. | | GDP - per capita | $4,600 (2005 est.) | | GDP - real growth rate (%) | 18.3% (2005 est.) | | Agriculture - products | cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats | | GDP - composition by sector (%) | agriculture: 14.1%, industry: 45.7%, services: 40.2% (2002 est.) | | Industries | petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles | | Economic aid - recipient | ODA, $140 million (2000 est.) | | Debt - external | $2.253 billion (2005 est.) | | Population below poverty line (%) | 49% (2002 est.) | | Labor force - by occupation (%) | agriculture and forestry 41%, industry 7%, services 52% (2001) |
Azerbaijan: Population / Demographics
| Population (July 2005) | 7,911,974 | | Population growth rate (%) (2005) | 0.59% | | Population density (people/sq km) (2005) | 91.9 | | Percent rural (2003) | 50.0% | | Median age (years) | total: 27.53 years | | Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 2.44 (2005 est.) | | Ethnic groups (%) | Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census) |
Largest Cities in Azerbaijan
Cities and urban areas in Azerbaijan with population over 100,000 All figures are estimates for 2002.
| City | Country | City Population | Urban Area Population |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | 1228500 | 2071600 |
| Giandzha | Azerbaijan | 294700 | 294700 |
| Sumgait | Azerbaijan | 279200 | 279200 |
 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) and the State of the World�s Forests (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
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