Deforestation tables and charts for Nigeria

Deforestation data for Nigeria , 1990-2005. Nigeria 's data is derived from the FAO.

Forest Cover (hectares): 11,089,000
Forest Cover (as % of total land area): 12.2
Other wooded land (hectares): 5,495,000
Other land with tree cover (hectares): 220,000
Total land area (hectares): 92,377,000

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	17,234,000	13,137,000	11,089,000	-410000	-2.7	-410000	-3.3	-6,145,000	-35.66	22.22
Other wooded land	9717000	6902000	5495000	-281,500	-2.9	-281,400	-4.08	-4,222,000	-43.45	40.74
Primary forests	1,556,000	736000	326000	-82,000	-5.27	-82,000	-11.14	-1230000	-79.05	0
Plantations	251000	316000	349000	6,500	2.59	6,600	2.09	98000	39	-19.3

Chart: Forest cover in Nigeria, 1990-2005


Chart: Other wooded land cover in Nigeria, 1990-2005


Chart: Primary forest cover in Nigeria 1990-2005


table: Potential for REDD in terms of avoided deforestation in Nigeria
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
11,089,000	5495000	-410000		2,261	-	748		-306.52		-306.52	919.56	3065.2

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)