|
Country |
Reported Area of Plantation 1995 |
Main species used |
|
|
|
Total area |
Area for industrial wood production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cape Verde |
77 |
5 |
87% "Other hardwoods" (mainly Prosopis sp.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cuba |
470 |
272 |
48% pines |
|
|
|
|
21% "Other hardwoods" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dominica |
0.6 |
0.5 |
50% mahogany |
|
|
|
|
25% Gmelina |
|
|
|
|
25% "Other hardwoods" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dominican Republic |
20 |
15 |
50% pines |
|
|
|
|
50% "Other hardwoods" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiji |
103 |
92 |
55% pines |
|
|
|
|
41% mahogany |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guyana |
12 |
8 |
90% pines |
|
|
|
|
10% "Other softwoods" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haiti |
12 |
5 |
25% A. auriculiformis |
|
|
|
|
75% "Other hardwoods" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jamaica |
6.2 |
6.2 |
74% pines |
|
|
|
|
12% mahogany |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mauritius |
12 |
6 |
40% pines |
|
|
|
|
30% Eucalyptus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
44 |
40 |
30% Eucalyptus |
|
|
|
|
20% A. Mangium |
|
|
|
|
20% pines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solomon Islands |
29 |
29 |
42% "Other hardwoods" |
|
|
|
|
20% Terminalia |
|
|
|
|
15% mahogany |
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
0.5 |
0.5 |
50% mahogany |
|
|
|
|
25% "Other hardwoods" |
|
|
|
|
25% pines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Suriname |
12 |
7 |
60% pines |
|
|
|
|
30% "Other hardwoods" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
18 |
12 |
50% teak |
|
|
|
|
20% pines |
|
|
|
|
20% "Other hardwoods" |
Source: FAO (1997) Forest Plantation Areas 1995 by D. Pandey. Unpublished.
