Total Land Area (1000 ha)	46
Total Forest Area (1000 ha)	30
Percent Forest Cover	66
Primary Forest Cover (1000 ha)	8
Primary Forest, % total forest	27
Other wooded land (1000 ha)	0
Percent other wooded land	0

Northern Mariana Islands: Breakdown of forest types, 2010

Primary forest (1000 ha \| % of forest area)	8	27
Other naturally regenerated forest (1000 ha \| % of forest area)	0	0
Planted Forest (1000 ha \| % of forest area)	22	73

Northern Mariana Islands: Trends in Total (Net) Forest Cover, 1990-2010

TOTAL FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
34	32	31	30
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-0.50	-0.52	-0.53

Northern Mariana Islands: Trends in Natural Forest Cover (Deforestation), 1990-2010

FOREST COVER (excluding planted forests) (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
10	9	9	8
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	0	0	0
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-1.0	-1	-1.11

Northern Mariana Islands: Trends in Primary or Old Growth Forest Cover, 1990-2010

PRIMARY FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
10	9	9	8
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-0.97	-1.04	-1.10

Northern Mariana Islands: Trends in Planted Forest Cover, 1990-2010

PLANTED FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
24	23	22	22
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-0.31	-0.31	-0.32

Northern Mariana Islands: Primary designated function (percent)

Production	Protection of soil and water	Conservation of biodiversity	Social services	Multiple use	Other	None or unknown
0	0	0	0	100	0	0

Northern Mariana Islands: Forest ownership and management rights 2005 (percent)

OWNERSHIP PATTERN
Public ownership	Private ownership	Other
-	-	-

PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
Individuals	Business entities and institutions	Local, indigenous and tribal communities
-	-	-

HOLDER OF MANAGEMENT RIGHTS OF PUBLIC FORESTS
Public administration	Individuals	Business entities and Institutions	Communities	Other
-	-	-	-	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Growing stock in forest

GROWING STOCK IN FOREST
Total (million m3)	Per hectare (m3)	Coniferous (million m3)	Broadleaved (million m3)	% commercial species
1	48	0	1	-
GROWING STOCK IN FOREST
Total (million m3)	Per hectare (m3)	Coniferous (million m3)	Broadleaved (million m3)	% commercial species
0	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Trends in carbon stock in living forest biomass 1990-2010

CARBON STOCK IN LIVING FOREST BIOMASS (million metric tons)
1990	2000	2005	2010
3	3	3	3
CARBON STOCK IN LIVING FOREST BIOMASS (per hectare in tons)
			2000
			100
ANNUAL CHANGE (1 000 t/yr)
1990	2000	2005	2010
	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
ANNUAL CHANGE PER HECTARE (t/ha/yr)
1990	2000	2005	2010
	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.

Northern Mariana Islands: Area of forest affected by fire and other disturbances 2005

FOREST FIRE
1000 ha	% wild fire (not managed burn)
-	-

EXCLUDING FOREST FIRE
Insects	Diseases	Other biotic agents	Abiotic factors	Total (excluding fire)	% of 2005 forest area
-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Trends in removals of wood products 1990-2005

INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD Total volume (1 000 m3 over bark)
1990	2000	2005	percent of which from forest 2005
-	-	-	-
WOODFUEL Total volume (1 000 m3 over bark)
1990	2000	2005	percent of which from forest 2005
-	-	-	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Value of wood and NWFP removals 2005

Value of removals (million US$)				Value per ha forest (US$)
Industrial roundwood	Woodfuel	NWFP	Total
-	-	-	-	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Employment in forestry 1990-2005

TOTAL (1000 full-time employees)
1990	2000	2005
-	-	-
IN PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF GOODS-FORESTRY (1000 full-time employees)
1990	2000	2005
-	-	-
IN MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS-CONSERVATION (1000 full-time employees)
1990	2000	2005
-	-	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Forest policy and legal framework 2008

National forest policy (year): - (-)
Sub-national forest policy: -
National forest program (year) - status: - (-) -
National forest law (year): - (-) Sub-national forest law: -

Northern Mariana Islands: Human resources within public forest institutions 2000-2008

2000		2005		2008
#	% female	#	% female	#	% female
-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Forest revenue and public expenditure on forestry 2005

Forest revenue	Public expenditure (1000 US$)
	Domestic funding		External funding		Total
(1000 US$)	Operational expenditure	Transfer payments	Operational expenditure	Transfer payments	Operational expenditure	Transfer payments
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Mariana Islands: Status of ratification of international conventions and agreements as of 1 January 2010

CbD:

UNFCCC:

Kyoto Protocol:

UNCCD:

ITTA:

CITeS:

Ramsar:

World Heritage Convention:

NlbI: [an error occurred while processing this directive] Northern Mariana Islands: Environment

Environment - current issues	contamination of groundwater on Saipan may contribute to disease; clean-up of landfill; protection of endangered species conflicts with development
Environment - international agreements	active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)

Northern Mariana Islands: Land use / Resources

Land use (%)	arable land: 13.04% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 82.61% (2001)
Natural resources	arable land, fish

Northern Mariana Islands: Economy

Economy - overview:	The economy benefits substantially from financial assistance from the US. The rate of funding has declined as locally generated government revenues have grown. The key tourist industry employs about 50% of the work force and accounts for roughly one-fourth of GDP. Japanese tourists predominate. Annual tourist entries have exceeded one-half million in recent years, but financial difficulties in Japan have caused a temporary slowdown. The agricultural sector is made up of cattle ranches and small farms producing coconuts, breadfruit, tomatoes, and melons. Garment production is by far the most important industry with employment of 17,500 mostly Chinese workers and sizable shipments to the US under duty and quota exemptions.
GDP - per capita	$12,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate (%)	NA
Agriculture - products	coconuts, fruits, vegetables; cattle
GDP - composition by sector (%)	agriculture: NA, industry: NA, services: NA
Industries	tourism, construction, garments, handicrafts
Economic aid - recipient	extensive funding from US
Debt - external	NA
Population below poverty line (%)	NA
Labor force - by occupation (%)	NA

Northern Mariana Islands: Population / Demographics

Population (July 2005)	80,362
Population growth rate (%) (2005)	2.61%
Population density (people/sq km) (2005)	168.5
Percent rural (2003)	5.8%
Median age (years)	total: 29.33 years
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.27 (2005 est.)
Ethnic groups (%)	Asian 56.3%, Pacific islander 36.3%, Caucasian 1.8%, other 0.8%, mixed 4.8% (2000 census)

[an error occurred while processing this directive]--> Northern Mariana Islands: Infrastructure

Telephones - main lines in use	21,000 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular	3,000 (2000)
Roadways (km)	total: 362 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1991)

Northern Mariana Islands: Health

Life expectancy at birth (years)	total population: 75.88 years male: 73.31 years female: 78.61 years (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate	7.11 deaths/1,000 live births
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	NA

Northern Mariana Islands : References & Data Sources

Environment, Land use / Resources, Economy, Population / Demographics, Infrastructure, Health -- CIA World Factbook, 2005

Forest Cover, Forest types, Breakdown of forest types, Change in Forest Cover, Primary forests, Forest designation, Disturbances affecting forest land, Value of forests, Production, trade and consumption of forest products -- The FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005 & 2010) and the State of the World's Forests (2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001)

Protected Areas, Plant and animal biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2004. World Database on Protected Areas.

Biosphere reservers -- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.

RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands . 2005. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.

World Resources Institute's EarthTrends web site

The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Population Data -- United Nations Population Fund

With additional analysis by Rhett Butler of mongabay.com

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