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. 2007 Jul 6;104(31):12942–12947. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704243104

Table 3.

Regional breakdown of global HANPP (excluding human-induced fires) in the year 2000

Region Area, million km2 NPP0, gC/m2/yr NPPact, gC/m2/yr NPPh,* gC/m2/yr NPPt, gC/m2/yr HANPP,* % ΔNPPLC, %
Northern Africa and Western Asia 10.3 83 70 22 48 42 16
Sub-Saharan Africa 24.0 562 497 39 458 18 12
Central Asia and Russian Federation 20.5 405 372 14 358 12 8
Eastern Asia 11.5 363 344 107 237 35 5
Southern Asia 6.7 382 325 183 142 63 15
Southeastern Asia 4.5 1,022 850 133 717 30 17
Northern America 18.5 432 399 62 337 22 8
Latin America and the Caribbean 20.3 811 751 66 685 16 7
Western Europe 3.7 551 512 183 329 40 7
Eastern and Southeastern Europe 2.2 597 436 150 286 52 27
Oceania and Australia 8.4 455 430 25 404 11 6
Total 130.4 502 454 63 391 22 10

For definition of regions, see SI Table 6.

*Excluding human-induced fires.