Table 2.
Tropical forest areas derived from the GLC 2000 map (Bartholomé & Belward 2004), from the FRA-2000 national statistics (FAO 2001; table 5) and from the FRA-2000 remote sensing survey.(GLC 2000 and FRA CS statistics presented here cover only the tropical countries; the FRA RS estimates refer to forest definition, which includes closed forest, open forest, long fallow and one third of fragmented forest.)
| GLC 2000 (TREES) | FRA CS | FRA RS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| humid tropical forests (106 ha) | dry tropical forests (106 ha) | flooded tropical forests (106 ha) | closed forest (106 ha) | open forest (106 ha) | forest (106 ha) | |
| South America | 630.5 | 146.7 | 25.3 | 858.3 | 68.9 | 780.2 |
| Africa | 232.7 | 415.1 | 13.1 | 352.7 | 288.9 | 518.5 |
| Asia | 230.6 | 144.8 | 13.5 | 416.2 | 58.3 | 272.2 |
| Global | 1093.8 | 706.6 | 51.9 | 1627.2 | 416.1 | 1571.9 |