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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Deforestation rates tables and charts
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Deforestation tables and charts for
Niger
Deforestation data for
Niger
, 1990-2005.
Niger
's data is derived from the FAO.
Forest Cover (hectares):
1,266,000
Forest Cover (as % of total land area):
1
Other wooded land (hectares):
3,740,000
Other land with tree cover (hectares):
8,000,000
Total land area (hectares):
126,700,000
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 |
1,945,000
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1,328,000
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1,266,000
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-62000
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-3.7
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-12000
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-1
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-679,000
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-34.91
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-72.97
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Other wooded land |
4640000
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4040000
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3740000
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-60,000
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-1.29
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-60,000
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-1.49
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-900,000
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-19.4
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14.85
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Primary forests |
220000
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220000
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220000
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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 |
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72000
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110000
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-
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7,500
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10.42
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Chart: Forest cover in Niger, 1990-2005
Chart: Other wooded land cover in Niger, 1990-2005
Chart: Primary forest cover in Niger 1990-2005
table: Potential for REDD in terms of avoided deforestation in Niger 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 | 1,266,000 | 3740000 | -12000 | | 20 | 19 | 58 | 19 | -0.7 | | -0.7 | 2.1 | 7 |
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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