Total Land Area (1000 ha)	26
Total Forest Area (1000 ha)	19
Percent Forest Cover	72
Primary Forest Cover (1000 ha)	6
Primary Forest, % total forest	30
Other wooded land (1000 ha)	0
Percent other wooded land	0

Niue: Breakdown of forest types, 2010

Primary forest (1000 ha \| % of forest area)	6	30
Other naturally regenerated forest (1000 ha \| % of forest area)	13	68
Planted Forest (1000 ha \| % of forest area)	n.s.	2

Niue: Trends in Total (Net) Forest Cover, 1990-2010

TOTAL FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
21	20	19	19
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

Niue: Trends in Natural Forest Cover (Deforestation), 1990-2010

FOREST COVER (excluding planted forests) (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
21	20	19	19
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
	-0.5	-0.48	-0.50

Niue: Trends in Primary or Old Growth Forest Cover, 1990-2010

PRIMARY FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
-	-	-	6
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-	-	-
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-	-	-

Niue: Trends in Planted Forest Cover, 1990-2010

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

Niue: Primary designated function (percent)

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

Niue: 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
-	-	-	-	-

Niue: Growing stock in forest

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

Niue: Trends in carbon stock in living forest biomass 1990-2010

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

Niue: 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
-	-	-	-	-	-

Niue: 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
-	-	-	-

Niue: Value of wood and NWFP removals 2005

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

Niue: 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
-	-	-

Niue: Forest policy and legal framework 2008

National forest policy (year): Yes (2000)
Sub-national forest policy: No
National forest program (year) - status: Yes (-) In formulation
National forest law (year): Specific forest law (2004) Sub-national forest law: No

Niue: Human resources within public forest institutions 2000-2008

2000		2005		2008
#	% female	#	% female	#	% female
8	25	5	20	4	25

Niue: 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
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Niue: 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] Niue: Environment

Environment - current issues	increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Natural hazards	typhoons

Niue: Land use / Resources

Land use (%)	arable land: 15.38% permanent crops: 11.54% other: 73.08% (2001)
Natural resources	fish, arable land

Niue: Economy

Economy - overview:	The economy suffers from the typical Pacific island problems of geographic isolation, few resources, and a small population. Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and the shortfall is made up by critically needed grants from New Zealand that are used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism and a financial services industry, although former Premier LAKATANI announced in February 2002 that Niue will shut down the offshore banking industry. Economic aid from New Zealand in 2002 was about $2.6 million. Niue suffered a devastating hurricane in January 2004, which decimated nascent economic programs. While in the process of rebuilding, Niue has been dependent on foreign aid.
GDP - per capita	$3,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate (%)	-0.3% (2000 est.)
Agriculture - products	coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
GDP - composition by sector (%)	agriculture: NA, industry: NA, services: 55%
Industries	tourism, handicrafts, food processing
Economic aid - recipient	$2.6 million from New Zealand (2002)
Debt - external	$418,000 (2002 est.)
Population below poverty line (%)	NA
Labor force - by occupation (%)	most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board

Niue: Population / Demographics

Population (July 2005)	2,166
Population growth rate (%) (2005)	0.00%
Population density (people/sq km) (2005)	8.3
Percent rural (2003)	64.5%
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	NA
Ethnic groups (%)	Niuen 78.2%, Pacific islander 10.2%, European 4.5%, mixed 3.9%, Asian 0.2%, unspecified 3% (2001 census)

[an error occurred while processing this directive]--> Niue: Infrastructure

Telephones - main lines in use	1,100 est (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	400 (2002)
Roadways (km)	total: 234 km paved: 86 km unpaved: 148 km (2001)

Niue: Health

Life expectancy at birth (years)	total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Infant mortality rate	NA
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	NA

Niue : 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

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