Timor-Leste

53.7% —or about 798,000 hectares—of Timor-Leste is forested.

Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2000, Timor-Leste lost an average of 11,200 hectares of forest per year. The amounts to an average annual deforestation rate of 1.16%. Between 2000 and 2005, the rate of forest change increased by 13.1% to 1.31% per annum. In total, between 1990 and 2005, Timor-Leste lost 17.4% of its forest cover, or around 168,000 hectares. Measuring the total rate of habitat conversion (defined as change in forest area plus change in woodland area minus net plantation expansion) for the 1990-2005 interval, Timor-Leste lost 19.4% of its forest and woodland habitat.

Biodiversity and Protected Areas: 0.0% of Timor-Leste is protected under IUCN categories I-V.

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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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Timor-Leste: Forest Cover, 2005 Total Land Area (ha) - Total Forest Area (ha) 798,000 Percent Forest Cover - Primary Forest Cover (ha) - Primary Forest, % total forest - Primary Forest, % total land - Other wooded land (ha) - Timor-Leste : Forest types Tropical (% forest area) 100% Subtropical (% forest area) 0% Temperate (% forest area) 0% Boreal/polar (% forest area) 0% Timor-Leste: Breakdown of forest types, 2005 Primary forest (ha | %) - - Modified natural (ha | %) 755,000 94.6% Semi-natural (ha | %) - - Production plantation (ha | %) - - Production plantation (ha | %) 43,000 5.4% Timor-Leste: Change in Forest Cover TOTAL FOREST COVER Forest 1990 (ha) 966,000 Forest 2000 (ha) 854,000 Forest 2005 (ha) 798,000 Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) (11,200) -1.16% Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) (11,200) -1.31% Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) (168,000) -17.39% Change in rate (%) 13.11% PRIMARY FOREST COVER Primary 1990 (ha) - Primary 2000 (ha) - Primary 2005 (ha) - Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) - - Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) - - Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) - - Change in rate (%) - OTHER WOODED LAND Other 1990 (ha) - Other 2000 (ha) - Other 2005 (ha) - Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) - - Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) - - Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) - - Change in rate (%) - PLANTATIONS Other 1990 (ha) 29,000 Other 2000 (ha) 43,000 Other 2005 (ha) 43,000 Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) 1,400 4.83% Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) - 0.00% Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) 14,000 48.28% Change in rate (%) -100.00% TOTAL DEGRADATION/CONSERVSION Forest area+Wooded Area-Plantations Other 1990 (ha) 937,000 Other 2000 (ha) 811,000 Other 2005 (ha) 755,000 Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) (12,600) -1.34% Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) (11,200) -1.38% Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) (182,000) -19.42% Change in rate (%) 2.70% Timor-Leste: Primary Primary or "old-growth" vegetation Primary Forest 2005 (ha) - Other primary wooded land 2005 (ha) - Other primary wooded land 2005 (ha) 0 Undisturbed vegetation 2005 (% land area) - Timor-Leste: Forest designation Ownership of forest land, 2000 Public (%) 33.0% Private (%) 67.0% Other (%) 0.0% Ownership of other wooded land, 2000 Public (%) - Private (%) - Other (%) - Designated functions of forest � primary function 2005 Production (%) 17.3% Protection (%) 59.3% Conservation (%) 23.4% Social Services (%) - Multiple Services (%) - None of Unknown (%) - Timor-Leste: Disturbances affecting forest land 2000 Forest Area annually affected by Fire (%) - Insects (ha) - Diseases (ha) - Other (ha) - Timor-Leste: Protected areas Protected areas Biosphere reserves, 2005 Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar sites), 2005 0 World Heritage sites, 2004 0 Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-V, percent of total land 0.0% Protected Areas: IUCN categories Ia, Ib, and II, extent, percent of total land 0.00% Protected Areas: IUCN categories III, IV, and V, percent of total land, 2004 0.05% Protected Areas: IUCN categories VI and other, percent of total land, 2004 0.00% Timor-Leste: Biodiversity - Wildlife Amphibians total species endemic species threatened species 0 Birds total species 1 endemic species 1 threatened species 7 Mammals total species endemic species threatened species 0 Reptiles total species endemic species threatened species 1 Wildlife diversity total species - endemic species 1 threatened species 8 Timor-Leste: 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 251 Number of tree species in IUCN red list Critically Endangered - Endangered - Vulnerable - Vascular Plant Species, 2004 Total Number endemic 0 Number of Threatened Plant Species, 2004 Species threatened 0 Timor-Leste: Value of forests Biomass stock in forest, 2005 Above-ground biomass (M t) - Below-ground biomass (M t) - Dead wood (M t) - Total (M t) - Carbon stock in forest, 2005 Carbon in above-ground biomass (M t) - Carbon in below-ground biomass (M t) - 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 - 2000-2005 - Growing stock per hectare 1990 - 2005 Annual change rate ( cubic m/ha per yr) 1990-2000 - 2000-2005 - Wood removal 2005 Industrial roundwood (1000 cubic m) - Wood fuel (1000 cubic m) - Total wood removal 2005 (1000 cubic m) - Total wood removal 2005 (% of growing stock) - 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 n.s. [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] Timor-Leste: Population / Demographics Percent rural (2003) 92.4% [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] 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) 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