Deforestation statistics for Russia



Tree cover loss data for Russia

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

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Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
loss 2001-2018
(ha)
% tree
cover loss
since 2000
Avg tree cover
loss/year
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2001-2010
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2011-2018
(ha)

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Russia

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

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Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Biomass
loss 2001-18
(Mt)
Avg biomass
loss/year
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
(Mt)

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Russia

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
% cover
in 2018
Loss
2001-2018
(ha)
% loss
since 2000
Avg loss/year
since 2000
(ha)
Loss 2001-2010
(ha)
loss
between
2000-2010
Avg loss/year 2001-2010
(ha)
Loss 2011-2018
(ha)
loss
between
2011-2018
Avg loss/year 2011-2018
(ha)
Adygey80751437056737909637839647%13750%766750%687000%88
Altay1678222238983794012173398018324%749002%4,161429101%4,291319901%3,999
Amur3650874824910880230148572120466258%315264913%175,14713424545%134,24518101958%226,274
Arkhangel'sk3865981623196181235000432281980359%13608286%75,6026805883%68,0596802403%85,030
Astrakhan'464345424536248275848262210%4210%232850%291360%17
Bashkortostan1445031762877996386522632424344%1208862%6,716586071%5,861622791%7,785
Belgorod284489341179941896741654515%47061%26122841%22824221%303
Bryansk343551815234631569168152491844%1003907%5,577561404%5,614442503%5,531
Buryat3549045815289973138487131237083735%243927716%135,5159614016%96,140147787611%184,735
Chechnya151863743480240583340523727%15270%859310%935960%75
Chelyabinsk890678128875822857492282508532%624092%3,467300021%3,000324071%4,051
Chukot714814714160468486123348290997%1605074%8,9171283733%12,837321341%4,017
Chuvash184620566803968980867203636%270974%1,50593251%933177723%2,222
City of St. Petersburg20525779571804837850338%48356%26928554%28619802%248
Dagestan495319161924757233457011912%51771%28829620%29622150%277
Gorno-Altay931111742985084359711433403647%706502%3,925449751%4,498256751%3,209
Ingush32342711388011127011112334%4600%263130%311470%18
Irkutsk7726963760372158590834385465392971%745782712%414,32430283185%302,83244295097%553,689
Ivanovo237359613195631394171132546256%1094488%6,080407393%4,074687095%8,589
Kabardin-Balkar117685229183327683027650023%7740%434440%443300%41
Kaliningrad135711540221141614941165930%126663%70481762%81844901%561
Kalmyk74628305616762809627631%2360%131900%19460%6
Kaluga290559115919521678898163994956%688274%3,824298782%2,988389492%4,869
Kamchatka4580442417356450178892871777762839%2490531%13,8361373941%13,7391116591%13,957
Karachay-Cherkess151160857986356180456048837%36421%20223260%23313160%165
Karelia1738483510655283108045201052734161%6005776%33,3653233983%32,3402771793%34,647
Kemerovo957761567236446900077685696872%837951%4,655406861%4,069431091%5,389
Khabarovsk7817942753010436512144664965057564%31813896%176,74416174983%161,75015638913%195,486
Khakass598307833508253371391335260856%434231%2,412246401%2,464187831%2,348
Khanty-Mansiy5347790831247799305790102941115055%18131876%100,7336453272%64,53311678604%145,983
Kirov1198406085624588933667864187272%6641168%36,8953723214%37,2322917953%36,474
Komi4176801431809545321040953158302776%11121723%61,7875911042%59,1105210682%65,134
Kostroma603246348658875024282486798681%3173357%17,6301610393%16,1041562963%19,537
Krasnodar767997219739552119931211515728%101951%56654210%54247740%597
Krasnoyarsk2315821291000131031011933419396240341%89102669%495,01516793282%167,93372309387%903,867
Kurgan731434917635851782909175009024%871285%4,840543093%5,431328192%4,102
Kursk311128543536845395545043514%63271%35228071%28135201%440
Leningrad853604857062915804669555879165%58854310%32,6973426656%34,2672458784%30,735
Lipetsk245168233735735457234423914%147964%82244631%446103333%1,292
Maga Buryatdan4614787614509781130998501284008628%11365588%63,1428767946%87,6792597642%32,471
Mariy-El235685714314251444317135457157%1290559%7,170393093%3,931897466%11,218
Mordovia262766386119893598089316634%542846%3,016114701%1,147428145%5,352
Moscow City11070430478292392834526%13985%785042%508943%112
Moskva468470525003182518120240382051%2019108%11,217876104%8,7611143005%14,288
Murmansk1436854759332616998273698120949%510901%2,838340261%3,403170640%2,133
Nenets1764577619418493021496301974417%48450%26930930%30917520%219
Nizhegorod750800941555884374816412071555%3587749%19,9321046733%10,4672541016%31,763
North Ossetia71314323976922786922748832%8190%464380%443810%48
Novgorod558601341691354306708418841675%2926367%16,2581743444%17,4341182923%14,787
Novosibirsk1771012357377975961090594266834%591931%3,289407711%4,077184220%2,303
Omsk1395679350795315275053522033837%1066362%5,924519211%5,192547151%6,839
Orel244148337084038254438081316%49171%27331861%31917310%216
Orenburg124962015549046284856267065%52271%29034481%34517790%222
Penza429283611594051281966126030929%472854%2,627256282%2,563216572%2,707
Perm'1616795112610482129663381262447778%6190575%34,3922771962%27,7203418613%42,733
Primor'ye1622163713303464131461281294276380%3981253%22,1181947601%19,4762033652%25,421
Pskov553190536150083787972371887067%1626444%9,036935423%9,354691022%8,638
Rostov101207243716005120935098315%92122%51269502%69522620%283
Ryazan'397451013445261405642130267033%15422411%8,568512524%5,1251029727%12,872
Sakha30753317811783801911276058510435276734%1389668212%772,03854888645%548,88684078187%1,050,977
Sakhalin846708163143116345129626153874%1684753%9,360848841%8,488835911%10,449
Samara534739085206988271787637916%139132%77375751%75863381%792
Saratov100965226523366994076937527%114982%63958431%58456551%707
Smolensk494901227736442945726288601058%1219264%6,774622102%6,221597162%7,465
Stavropol'67399932174852654902652054%10240%577390%742850%36
Sverdlovsk1941128815342564154609771504738978%6878464%38,2142742582%27,4264135883%51,699
Tambov342734654497658214156927717%231634%1,287102992%1,030128642%1,608
Tatarstan690108114451411562422154621522%313172%1,740151101%1,511162071%2,026
Tomsk3150887621870703216493801991917863%20268489%112,6032966461%29,66517302028%216,275
Tula255240852498856184955907522%64541%35936801%36827740%347
Tuva1689502277959327453048715698542%7081259%39,3404120625%41,2062960634%37,008
Tver'846541857331256013214583263069%3523276%19,5741717433%17,1741805843%22,573
Tyumen'1585660485281178488521841454953%1560142%8,667820421%8,204739721%9,247
Udmurt416878322753312330767226411754%1145975%6,367479472%4,795666503%8,331
Ul'yanovsk369141811233591216887117874632%782627%4,348401214%4,012381413%4,768
Vladimir291371917975781833368173611460%17901110%9,945817575%8,176972545%12,157
Volgograd112953554258025291085267725%73802%41050441%50423360%292
Vologda1467022011293424114707521092730174%9563238%53,1294128724%41,2875434515%67,931
Voronezh518206466266967562365113213%426396%2,369181483%1,815244914%3,061
Yamal-Nenets6859365616255788166485051583146323%11529397%64,0523358972%33,5908170425%102,130
Yaroslavl'358343719848972110568206387658%1094926%6,083628003%6,280466922%5,837
Yevrey359530619595331993444197959555%404372%2,247265881%2,659138491%1,731
Zabaykal'ye4309248321758664189069001788965542%278616413%154,78717689198%176,89210172455%127,156

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Russia

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2011-18 (Mt)
Adygey807514370567379096113193095407070226152027925535
Altay167822223898379401217389873641521982815122126812961421127675
Amur3650874824910880230148573152186433416629719231460962002784027043915
Arkhangel'sk3865981623196181235000433030799780224152659124529261139899013770345
Astrakhan'46434542453624827583576920274264412652262750
Bashkortostan1445031762877996386522113242707727473927152632913433531755049
Belgorod2844893411799418967658254121040467578045019867311
Bryansk34355181523463156916830780729626166809145371214924301405313
Buryat3549045815289973138487132144683760337676738187598191423694224413414
Chechnya151863743480240583388216249327950182191995816046
Chelyabinsk890678128875822857492673401438177064389836918666911129941
Chukot7148147141604684861233364780374137987847665991091071361009
Chuvash18462056680396898081245320136201833344546209407513471
City of St. Petersburg205257795718048313128574903647502035470444576
Dagestan49531916192475723341225532041171291650726659463169
Gorno-Altay93111174298508435971180568050514236731790930865371697878
Ingush32342711388011127028414056105047583672464074
Irkutsk7726963760372158590834381056405885814865540028258633363697924106196845
Ivanovo23735961319563139417127182391926286840146038010010922034490
Kabardin-Balkar1176852291833276830730512231764339802105438875
Kaliningrad1357115402211416149818426742896628160924191857122258
Kalmyk74628305616762809993873646434258036081294
Kaluga290559115919521678898336430513175486809749277558281248800
Kamchatka458044241735645017889287174429928723720602131781113893711228361
Karachay-Cherkess15116085798635618041525771641086304603506930149162
Karelia173848351065528310804520128808241292933169516295450309055328015
Kemerovo957761567236446900077170303988524551473136397112117131554293
Khabarovsk7817942753010436512144667930662555532101693295612052740913632251292
Khakass59830783350825337139168177300910020918556718564187547381
Khanty-Mansiy5347790831247799305790104796544628322365606179092001136327626091606
Kirov11984060856245889336671619986147151384225841023585492228236501
Komi41768014318095453210409538408193781720039649555776885839410427503
Kostroma60324634865887502428290454190970423021391239035861854320147
Krasnodar7679972197395521199315130721822682320149018146246152482
Krasnoyarsk2315821291000131031011933411478664080614951524168306402332789729145906891
Kurgan73143491763585178290947204417426089567144942015944491268135
Kursk3111285435368453955673284351357985754446628186897
Leningrad853604857062915804669999217042119788860665493770291966187112
Lipetsk2451682337357354572543987513793148210730115992329154
Maga Buryatdan461478761450978113099850133416467498527613547375676059382808529
Mariy-El2356857143142514443172816009622808667515603718627252432428
Mordovia2627663861198935980157497572127713907095222601271271265
Moscow City1107043047829239506649226842714913885222488
Moskva46847052500318251812054694891251034569283525421899553641877
Murmansk14368547593326169982734362912344242886235716282761176909
Nenets1764577619418493021496137872432405373225212773416004
Nizhegorod75080094155588437481678267438877683447431574722990716836593
North Ossetia71314323976922786964570734206557114751089612199
Novgorod55860134169135430670878511192665170932362060739308093232856
Novosibirsk177101235737797596109012478588131836429610202391301593668546
Omsk1395679350795315275053115837401231832048176844715349162060361
Orel2441483370840382544609962361181023656127946248301
Orenburg12496201554904628485946688971088086604497177646290
Penza42928361159405128196620825856411012438611802598626628272
Perm'1616795112610482129663382430742130137730041765166962526969400385
Primor'ye162216371330346413146128294724487689452635496959143375415759653
Pskov55319053615008378797260199036334999810194443420252391843428
Rostov101207243716005120935343573415741748745411857648552
Ryazan'39745101344526140564224822466036272290201512711977423036859
Sakha307533178117838019112760585110930699591281045477711691935237598894660700
Sakhalin846708163143116345129110542027630806028171144615266841942399
Samara53473908520698827171363149612878214159901150997171030
Saratov100965226523366994071070878452319245128847118443141852
Smolensk49490122773644294572647170303428601354158896414835381720747
Stavropol'67399932174852654903418222019625110903145976285
Sverdlovsk194112881534256415460977334358026918391829210217683765251113424148
Tambov3427346544976582141973590075607817311545250113388336
Tatarstan6901081144514115624222253278626049093336061295681386536
Tomsk315088762187070321649380514504613659338228232965682847138563583554
Tula2552408524988561849932058261472579818108236681115
Tuva16895022779593274530481244304987119470432663724670380176136283
Tver'846541857331256013214110150977381211241451173639681455191224
Tyumen'1585660485281178488521160677124641697108231650621836922482524
Udmurt41687832275331233076745106525226247199145817811005141905257
Ul'yanovsk369141811233591216887208717380174129859673888713021087495
Vladimir29137191797578183336838395361144895227249417920603203036504
Volgograd11295355425802529108653202991284804713788455954902
Vologda146702201129342411470752200380969220312168511284538889855114267023
Voronezh518206466266967562311222521910135228563068413778749681
Yamal-Nenets6859365616255788166485051366486404101289008562716731096748774034
Yaroslavl'35834371984897211056837254755124688851137160314105061322974
Yevrey3595306195953319934443848898329183259510181606007390399
Zabaykal'ye4309248321758664189069002630634665357654707198697062417662514486057

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Russia

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Avg biomass
per ha
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2011-18 (Mt)
Adygey80751437056737909661741689167222037123351106113928
Altay167822223898379401217349021986212611990617666145706986615094
Amur365087482491088023014857171937442069227252569126251431092427614751226
Arkhangel'sk386598162319618123500043165316351571122265079679250462176317511097
Astrakhan'4643454245362482758195104727940510225128511500
Bashkortostan14450317628779963865226176874959814985780832543732738957300
Belgorod28448934117994189673590477087567535315302738236715
Bryansk34355181523463156916816789488811014272797792933814053766533
Buryat35490458152899731384871311698275087618418731910232629776560513316409
Chechnya1518637434802405833481179531111788869938108878753
Chelyabinsk8906781288758228574923673098731279658060536559472740616332
Chukot7148147141604684861233198971113487526611418145595130196914
Chuvash1846205668039689808679265531023382820187934114222280075
City of St. Petersburg2052577957180483716104090492897273832983924314
Dagestan495319161924757233466847205108638879354933632434455
Gorno-Altay9311117429850843597114394620961027765487431416472020380660
Ingush3234271138801112701549857713757297318339522222
Irkutsk772696376037215859083438576221392195810847642450470913474432257925553
Ivanovo237359613195631394171148267593112143382747965715460501109722
Kabardin-Balkar11768522918332768303984612213796230534657514841
Kaliningrad13571154022114161494464146011115799838777710464966686
Kalmyk746283056167628095421132962532514071968706
Kaluga2905591159195216788981835075541159572010531778412270681164
Kamchatka4580442417356450178892879514359745512938513718806757839670016
Karachay-Cherkess151160857986356180483223910143592530329183780026816
Karelia1738483510655283108045207025904056650690812281615627441302906189
Kemerovo95776156723644690007792893084413813391710743984660934847796
Khabarovsk781794275301043651214466432581594282290237290161242941495043817591614
Khakass5983078335082533713913718761861115465952303664307738298571
Khanty-Mansiy5347790831247799305790102616297071841758357909768655619815114231786
Kirov119840608562458893366788362880610382573211458740146632114492638
Komi41768014318095453210409520949923886693820335521224148318515687728
Kostroma60324634865887502428249338649410138412550213403119561002356443
Krasnodar7679972197395521199312798575521421463095812837977283172
Krasnoyarsk231582129100013103101193341806544044281815537656453076481788530579585576
Kurgan73143491763585178290925747864014614230655790592869699691709
Kursk31112854353684539553672460384740727411523615447399
Leningrad8536048570629158046695450274819665339369362996538341073374788
Lipetsk24516823373573545722967204588206898611494463268179538
Maga Buryatdan4614787614509781130998507277261865053742337298568541486941531925
Mariy-El235685714314251444317153600524107153199978511114705771326779
Mordovia2627663861198935980859077651006966206387011141887693417
Moscow City11070430478292392763542911464188134482912267
Moskva46847052500318251812029833577411927837014154650111945201986477
Murmansk143685475933261699827323797703640231430512857315423496496
Nenets1764577619418493021496752031443922111312284151288729
Nizhegorod75080094155588437481642691330610342372799235404412540393729051
North Ossetia71314323976922786935220403147112668625959446654
Novgorod55860134169135430670842824286710335547774197487621440771763376
Novosibirsk177101235737797596109068065026111910016894556494709961364661
Omsk1395679350795315275053631840369124173629229646078372261123833
Orel24414833708403825443327067490644188357884334226346
Orenburg124962015549046284855163757893593509329733915225249
Penza429283611594051281966113595577986006778333710326523342694
Perm'161679511261048212966338132585934510575125461417363734105615127482
Primor'ye162216371330346413146128160758811412148792354271068623659323141629
Pskov5531905361500837879723283583799119090809106060111046761005507
Rostov101207243716005120932914676478858649477036467826483
Ryazan'3974510134452614056421353952681011978489410991616533141656469
Sakha307533178117838019112760585605076543251698752083388195602856872251633108
Sakhalin84670816314311634512960295651696168032849335168327361059490
Samara534739085206988271774353612871569935872198236293290
Saratov1009652265233669940758411554901265038702806460577373
Smolensk4949012277364429457262572925689315600736866708809202938589
Stavropol'67399932174852654901864484486107051594779633428
Sverdlovsk1941128815342564154609771823771056119100319076557328241740977322263
Tambov342734654497658214153104914983058803169934136425211819
Tatarstan690108114451411562422122906106853299522183307161281210839
Tomsk315088762187070321649380280638879912832366305517981281462075534681938
Tula25524085249885618495083954097803228446244492744245
Tuva16895022779593274530486787118108765165692362031638389183347064
Tver'84654185733125601321460082351010544297035246094621644432831576
Tyumen'158566048528117848852187642068110322743880126354911911051354104
Udmurt416878322753312330767246035593108143166527953706002811039231
Ul'yanovsk3691418112335912168871138458441019497992527666475256593180
Vladimir29137191797578183336820942924211724488292136046111238111656273
Volgograd112953554258025291083562925484700805389344612429946
Vologda146702201129342411470752109298710697110793642615520248537557782012
Voronezh518206466266967562361213756925528311307128225699408916
Yamal-Nenets6859365616255788166485057453562214655248547306936416961864785836
Yaroslavl'35834371984897211056820320775310213466654748147769368721622
Yevrey3595306195953319934442099399091075009049278281330549212945
Zabaykal'ye43092483217586641890690014348916396619508439010838022131872507901486

 

 

Archived forest data for Russia | Forest data for Russia

 

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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