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Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the HUMID TROPICS
TABLE 1-4 Provisional Estimates of Forest Cover and Deforestation for 62 Countries in the Humid Tropics
Area in Thousands of Hectares
Continent
Number of Countries Studied
Total Land
Forest 1980
Forest 1990
Annual Deforestation 1981–1990
Rate of Change1981–1990 (percent/year)
Africa
15
609,800
289,700
241,800
4,800
−1.7
Latin America
32
1,263,600
825,900
753,000
7,300
−0.9
Asia
15
891,100
334,500
287,500
4,700
−1.4
Total
62
2,764,500
1,450,100
1,282,300
16,800
−1.2
NOTE: Countries include almost all of the moist tropical forest zone, along with some dry areas. Figures are indicative, and should not be taken as regional averages. Forests are defined as ecological systems with a minimum of 10 percent crown cover of trees and bamboos, generally associated with wild flora, fauna, and natural soil conditions, and not subject to agricultural practices. Deforestation refers to change of land use or depletion of crown cover to less than 10 percent.
SOURCE: Forest Resources Assessment 1990 Project. 1990. Interim reporton Forest Resources Assessment 1990 Project. Item 7 of the ProvisionalAgenda presented at the Tenth Session of the Committee on Forestryof the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome,Italy, September 24–28, 1990.
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