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Country Profile: Tanzania |
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Forestry and Deforestation
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| Title: |
statistics for forest cover and protection in Africa |
| Resource Type: |
Report |
| Resource Language(s): |
English |
| Author: |
Iremonger, S., C. Ravilious and T. Quinton (1997) |
| Abstract: |
A site that provides statistics for forest cover and
protection in Africa. It is part of a compliation of global forest conservation
resources authored by Iremonger, S., C. Ravilious and T. Quinton (1997.). "A statistical analysis of
global forest conservation." In: Iremonger, S., C. Ravilious and T. Quinton
(Eds.) A global overview of forest conservation. Including: GIS files of forests and
protected areas, version 2. CD-ROM. CIFOR and WCMC, Cambridge, U.K. Click here for discussion
of results for Africa.
- Map - Forest
Cover in Tanzania showing Forest Protected Areas
- Map showing African
forests and protected areas.
- Map
showing African Ecological Zones, forest cover and protected areas.
- Bar chart showing total
area of each forest type with the percentage protected.
- Bar chart showing the
total area of forest in each country with the percentage protected. (15% of Tanzania's
forests were protected in 1997)
- Bar chart showing area
of forest in each ecological zone with the percentage protected.
- Total Forest area and
area of forest protected in each country. [Madagascar: area of forest = 152,625 km2 ,
area of forest protected = 22,935 km2 in 1997 (Total area km2 /
amount protected km2: Mangrove 3,233/14; Upper montane forest 4,991/1,666;
Lowland evergreen broadleaf rainforest 10,954/1,935; Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf
forest 127,566/19,123; Thorn forest 50/4; Sparse trees/parkland 5,830/193)]
- Total area of each forest
type and percentage of this protected in each country.
- Area of each forest type
in each ecological zone and amount protected.
- Total area of each
ecological zone, percentage of each zone with forest, and percentage of each with
protected forest.
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| Affiliation: |
United Nations Environment Program |
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