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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Deforestation rates tables and charts
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Deforestation tables and charts for
Ghana
Deforestation data for
Ghana
, 1990-2005.
Ghana
's data is derived from the FAO.
Forest Cover (hectares):
5,517,000
Forest Cover (as % of total land area):
24.2
Other wooded land (hectares):
0
Other land with tree cover (hectares):
Total land area (hectares):
23,854,000
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 |
7,448,000
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6,094,000
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5,517,000
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-135000
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-2
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-115000
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-2
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-1,931,000
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-25.93
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0
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Other wooded land |
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Primary forests |
353000
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353000
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353000
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Plantations |
50000
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60000
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160000
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1,000
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2
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20,000
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33.33
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110000
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220
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1566.7
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Chart: Forest cover in Ghana, 1990-2005
Chart: Primary forest cover in Ghana 1990-2005
table: Potential for REDD in terms of avoided deforestation in Ghana 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 | 5,517,000 | | -115000 | | 726 | - | 483 | | -55.49 | | -55.49 | 166.47 | 554.9 |
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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