Oceania

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Pacific Islands Environmental profile

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Forest Cover | Forest types | Breakdown of forest types | Change in Forest Cover | Primary forest | Forest designation | Disturbances affecting forest land | Protected areas | Biodiversity - Wildlife | Biodiversity - Plants | Value of forests | Production, trade and consumption of forest products | Environment | Land use / Resources | Economy | Population / Demographics | Infrastructure | Health | References | Books

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[an error occurred while processing this directive] Oceania: Forest types Tropical (% forest area) 62% Subtropical (% forest area) 30% Temperate (% forest area) 8% Boreal/polar (% forest area) 0% [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Oceania: Production, trade and consumption of forest products, 2002 Woodfuel ('000 cubic m), 2002 Production 12,973 Imports 0 Exports 0 Consumption 12,973 Industrial roundwood ('000 cubic m), 2002 Production 49,644 Imports 12 Exports 11,446 Consumption 38,210 Sawnwood ('000 cubic m), 2002 Production 8,691 Imports 849 Exports 2,114 Consumption 7,426 Wood-based panels ('000 cubic m), 2002 Production 3,940 Imports 416 Exports 1,872 Consumption 2,484 Pulp for paper ('000 metric tons), 2002 Production 4,383 Imports 324 Exports 763 Consumption 3,944 Paper and paperboard ('000 metric tons), 2002 Production 3,522 Imports 1,768 Exports 1,128 Consumption 4,162 [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Largest Cities in Oceania & Australia Cities and urban areas in the Oceania & Australia with population over 100,000, sorted by City Population All figures are estimates for 2002. Urban Area Rank City Pop Rank City Country City Population Urban Area Population 64 34 Sydney Australia 4280900 4280900 94 48 Melbourne Australia 3353300 3353300 237 136 Brisbane Australia 1544300 1544300 279 162 Perth Australia 1390800 1390800 354 227 Adelaide Australia 1130100 1130100 843 635 Newcastle Australia 485100 485100 347 799 Auckland New Zealand 386300 1134600 966 814 Gold Coast Australia 381300 381300 1095 977 Canberra Australia 322700 322700 1045 997 Christchurch New Zealand 317600 345100 1127 1018 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 312300 312300 1300 1216 Wollongong Australia 266200 266200 1489 1432 Sunshine Coast Australia 227800 227800 1648 1605 Hobart Australia 205200 205200 1904 1876 Suva Fiji 176000 176000 1037 1950 Wellington New Zealand 168100 348000 2104 2081 Geelong Australia 156200 156200 2367 2351 Townsville Australia 137300 137300 2552 2536 Cairns Australia 126000 126000 2869 2853 Dunedin New Zealand 111400 111400 1915 2888 Hamilton New Zealand 109800 174100 3030 3016 Lae Papua New Guinea 105200 105200 3061 3047 Launceston Australia 103700 103700 [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Oceania : 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) 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