East Timor Forest Information and Data

According to the U.N. FAO, 49.9% or about 742,000 ha of Timor-Leste is forested, according to FAO. Timor-Leste had 43,000 ha of planted forest.

Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2010, Timor-Leste lost an average of 11,200 ha or 1.16% per year. In total, between 1990 and 2010, Timor-Leste lost 23.2% of its forest cover, or around 224,000 ha.

Timor-Leste's forests contain - million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass. Biodiversity and Protected Areas: 0.0% of Timor-Leste is protected under IUCN categories I-V.

2011 Update

In May 2011, Sassan Saatchi of Caltech's Jet Propulsion Lab and colleagues published a paper in PNAS with new carbon stock estimates for global tropical forests.

Forest definition (canopy cover %)	10% tree cover	25% tree cover	30% tree cover
Forest Area (M ha)	1	1	0
Aboveground forest carbon (Mt C)	64	39	31
Belowground forest carbon (Mt C)	18	11	9
Total forest carbon (Mt C)	83	51	40
Average Carbon Density (t C/ha)	83	84	85

M=million, t=metric tons; all figures are mean carbon stock values

The following contains data relating to forest cover in East Timor

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[an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] East Timor: Environment Environment - current issues widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion Environment - international agreements NA Natural hazards floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones East Timor: Land use / Resources Land use (%) arable land: 4.71% permanent crops: 0.67% other: 94.62% (2001) Natural resources gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble East Timor: Economy Economy - overview: In late 1999, about 70% of the economic infrastructure of East Timor was laid waste by Indonesian troops and anti-independence militias, and 300,000 people fled westward. Over the next three years, however, a massive international program, manned by 5,000 peacekeepers (8,000 at peak) and 1,300 police officers, led to substantial reconstruction in both urban and rural areas. By 2003, all but about 30,000 of the refugees had returned. Non-petroleum GDP growth was held back in 2003 by extensive drought and the gradual winding down of the international presence, but recovered somewhat in 2004. The country faces great challenges in continuing the rebuilding of infrastructure, strengthening the infant civil administration, and generating jobs for young people entering the workforce. The development of oil and gas resources in nearby waters has begun to supplement government revenues ahead of schedule and above expectations - the result of high petroleum prices - but the technology-intensive industry does little to create jobs for the unemployed. The Parliament in June 2005 unanimously approved the creation of a Petroleum Fund to serve as a repository for all petroleum revenues and preserve the value of East Timor's petroleum wealth for future generations. GDP - per capita $400 (2004 est.) GDP - real growth rate (%) 1% (2004 est.) Agriculture - products coffee, rice, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla GDP - composition by sector (%) agriculture: 25.4%, industry: 17.2%, services: 57.4% (2001) Industries printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth Economic aid - recipient $2.2 billion (1999-2002 est.) Debt - external none Population below poverty line (%) 42% (2003 est.) Labor force - by occupation (%) NA East Timor: Population / Demographics Population (July 2005) 1,040,880 Population growth rate (%) (2005) 2.09% Population density (people/sq km) (2005) 69.4 Median age (years) total: 20.41 years Total fertility rate (children born/woman) 3.61 (2005 est.) Ethnic groups (%) Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority [an error occurred while processing this directive]--> East Timor: Infrastructure Telephones - main lines in use NA Telephones - mobile cellular NA Roadways (km) total: 3,800 km paved: 428 km unpaved: 3,372 km (1995) East Timor: Health Life expectancy at birth (years) total population: 65.9 years male: 63.63 years female: 68.29 years (2005 est.) Infant mortality rate 47.41 deaths/1,000 live births HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%) NA East Timor : 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 Select a Country or Region INDEX Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Caribbean Cayman Islands Central African Republic Central America Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d�Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic DR Congo East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oceania Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Lucia Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South America South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Vietnam Virgin Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Tropical rainforest information  World Rainforests  Rainforest Structure  Rainforest Biodiversity  Canopy  Forest Floor  Rainforest Waters  Indigenous People  Deforestation  Global Importance  Rainforest Conservation  Country Reports update soon  References  Deforestation Tables  The Amazon Rainforest update soon  The Congo Rainforest update soon  Deforestation in Brazil  Rainforest Images   Web mongabay.com Mongabay Rainforests Mongabay News Mongabay Photos