Table 2.

Natural Forest area (10⁶ ha) 1980–2005 in 90 tropical countries^* from data in Forest Resources Assessments (FRAs) 1980, 1980 (1982 revision), 1990, 2000, and 2005

Location	FRA1980	“FRA 1982”	FRA 1990		FRA 2000		FRA 2005
	1980	1980	1980	1990	1990	2000	1990	2000	2005
Africa	703	703	569	528	684	629	672	628	607
Asia-Pacific	337	337	350	311	307	265	342	312	296
Latin America†	931	896	992	918	936	905	934	889	865
Totals‡	1,970	1,935	1,910	1,756	1,926	1,799	1,949	1,829	1,768
No. of countries	76	76	90	90	90	90	90	90	90

Sources: refs. 9–13.

*Except for FRA 1980 and “FRA 1982” (a summary of FRA 1980 containing revised estimates). The 76 and 90 countries are listed in SI Table 4. For continuity, East Timor is aggregated with Indonesia, and Eritrea is aggregated with Ethiopia throughout 1980–2005

^†Includes the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

^‡Totals may not match subtotals due to rounding.