Deforestation statistics for Timor-Leste



Total land area: Timor-Leste

Total land areaha
Land area1,500,905
Tree cover in 2018684,626

 

Forest and tree cover extent: Timor-Leste

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Timor-Leste. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
2000729,701
2001350
2010350696,132
2018350684,626
Primary/Total tree cover
2018
0%
Tree cover/Total land area
2018
45.6%

 

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Timor-Leste

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Timor-Leste by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
2001679
200201,608
20030694
200402,069
200502,069
200602,942
200701,563
20080836
200902,649
20100656
201101,472
201201,900
20130470
201401,887
20150863
201601,297
201701,716
201801,245
Primary loss 2002-20180
Tree cover loss
2001-2018
25,936
Primary loss/
Total tree cover loss
0.0%
Percent loss
2001-2018
0.0%
Loss/year
(2001/2-2010)
- 1,577
Loss/year
(2011-2018)
- 1,356

 

Biodiversity data: Timor-Leste

Species count by taxa for Timor-Leste. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).
Animal / plant groupSpecies count
Birds236
Amphibians0
Reptiles29
Fishes313
Mammals
Vascular plants

 

Conservation data: Timor-Leste

Data on threatened species in Timor-Leste as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.
TaxaSpecies count
Threatened mammals (2018)
Threatened birds (2018)
Threatened fishes (2018)
Threatened higher plants (2018)

 

Protected areas data: Timor-Leste

Data on threatened species in Timor-Leste as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
Protected areas (2017)Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas,
% of total land area
Marine protected areas,
% of territorial waters

 

Tree cover loss data for Timor-Leste

"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.

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)
10150090584813156.50%81041554.00%79855753.20%269833.20%149915131482
15150090582273554.80%75818750.50%74655049.70%267303.20%148515091455
20150090580399953.60%74602349.70%73456548.90%265223.30%147315061432
25150090576726151.10%71933247.90%70817247.20%261883.40%145515031395
30150090572970148.60%69613246.40%68528245.70%258583.50%143715011356
50150090561981541.30%55678637.10%54723136.50%241763.90%134314621194
75150090543183628.80%33852522.60%33177722.10%198134.60%11011307844

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Timor-Leste

"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.

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)
101500905848131810415290706746572217031789810490651582814
151500905822735758187285687097569680731648910444128580229
201500905803999746023281863982567442831524610403144577952
251500905767261719332274402108563709031317210334665574148
301500905729701696132266535918560009531111610266843570380
50150090561981555678624034849653860082992239874370548576
75150090543183633852518276207846710432595028563566475754

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Timor-Leste

"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)
Aileu7428227023258642552834%6773%383411%343361%42
Ainaro8153839246374893683745%19615%10913093%1316522%82
Ambeno8216219193173881676320%9015%502761%286254%78
Baucau15064853362456234524630%7931%444161%423771%47
Bobonaro13855166959545095284138%27724%15411042%11016683%209
Covalima12064376635683016616555%47186%26225823%25821363%267
Dili3722682167549745920%1842%10941%9901%11
Ermera7732046063411944062253%13673%767952%805721%72
Lautém18176011021611172911019561%50855%28335513%35515341%192
Liquiçá5534131212295022899052%11704%656582%665122%64
Manatuto17917875617758227524742%12332%696581%665751%72
Manufahi13314170724742477345555%22683%12614762%1487921%99
Viqueque18911510523510691510593456%27293%15217482%1759811%123

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Timor-Leste

"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)
Aileu7428227023258649852574296656164811579717336
Ainaro81538392463748914871550796462442485549630188
Ambeno8216219193173886709398324734180411094426912
Baucau150648533624562317617508284553158091552516163
Bobonaro138551669595450922688913964546535864220167817
Covalima120643766356830127385999183076410170910650295719
Dili3722682167549289924066748370834644014
Ermera77320460634119417945845600705333733686329010
Lautém18176011021611172942863577214660311925615926369247
Liquiçá55341312122950211571534469702260952785923889
Manatuto179178756177582227662199485162269532752026246
Manufahi133141707247424725951412904294502396205135474
Viqueque189115105235106915385161691095914608847309145625

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Timor-Leste

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)
Aileu7428227023258645374132199161815899086179456
Ainaro8153839246374898111755207434432241353027116466
Ambeno82162191931738836596731911771259840596914679
Baucau15064853362456239609548180155211862384698816
Bobonaro138551669595450912375770185526116292292301936991
Covalima120643766356830114937818195998603554785809252210
Dili3722682167549158140519336406202318892189
Ermera7732046063411949788643213327658182032010715824
Lautém181760110216111729233801332121170876650498687137771
Liquiçá5534131212295026311746202256199142331519613030
Manatuto179178756177582215088473199264634147021501014316
Manufahi133141707247424714155316200493250274033384619349
Viqueque18911510523510691521008819200597770332093986824887

 

 

Archived forest data for Timor-Leste | Forest data for Timor-Leste

 

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

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