Table 1.

Number of national forest surveys for 90 tropical countries by latest survey date

Recorded estimates	Latest estimate				No. of countries
	<1980	1980–1989	1990–1999	2000-
2	1	3	17	22	43
1	3	8	23	3	37
0	-	-	-	-	10

Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization data (see ref. 5).