Japan's forests (1980-1990)

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• Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 19:49:51 -0500
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The following data from FAO suggest Japan's forests have increased
from 23,889,000 ha in 1980 to 24,158,000 ha in 1990.
Is this a sign of "good" forest policy?  Some will say no!


                1980    1990
            ---- % land area -----
Cambodia        71      69
Indonesia       65      60
Japan           63      66
Congo           62      58

Spain           14      17
Canada          28      27
USA             23      24
Denmark         11      11
Australia       5       5
UK              8       9



Data are from two FAO reports entitled "Forestry: Statistics today for Tomorrow"
They predict a world consumption of over 5 billion m3/yr by the year 2010.




David South
School of Forestry
Auburn University, AL  36849-5418

dsouth@forestry.auburn.edu

334-844-1022
334-844-1084 (FAX)

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