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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Deforestation rates tables and charts
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Deforestation tables and charts for
Panama
Deforestation data for
Panama
, 1990-2005.
Panama
's data is derived from the FAO.
Forest Cover (hectares):
4,294,000
Forest Cover (as % of total land area):
57.7
Other wooded land (hectares):
1,288,000
Other land with tree cover (hectares):
143,000
Total land area (hectares):
7,552,000
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 |
4,376,000
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4,307,000
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4,294,000
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-7000
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-0.2
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-3000
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-0.1
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-82,000
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-1.87
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-50
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Other wooded land |
851000
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1143000
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1288000
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29,200
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3.43
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29,000
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2.54
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437,000
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51.35
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-26.06
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Primary forests |
3,706,000
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3,239,000
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3,023,000
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-46,700
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-1.26
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-43,200
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-1.33
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-683000
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-18.43
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-7.49
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Plantations |
10000
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42000
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61000
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3,200
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32
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3,800
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9.05
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51000
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510
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-71.7
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Chart: Forest cover in Panama, 1990-2005
Chart: Other wooded land cover in Panama, 1990-2005
Chart: Primary forest cover in Panama 1990-2005
table: Potential for REDD in terms of avoided deforestation in Panama 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 | 4,294,000 | 1288000 | -3000 | | 980 | 91 | 837 | 259 | -2.51 | | -2.51 | 7.53 | 25.1 |
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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