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Table 5.1: Area of forest designated primarily for production 2005
Region/subregion	Reporting countries			1 000 ha	%
Region/subregion	No. of countries	Forest area (1 000 ha)	% of total forest area	1 000 ha	%
1 hectare (ha) = 10 000 square meters (m²) = 0.01 square kilometres (km²)
Eastern and Southern Africa	16	211 181	93.2	41 051	19
Northern Africa	13	125 667	95.9	44 185	35
Western and Central Africa	15	118 280	42.6	52 796	45
Total Africa	44	455 129	71.6	138 032	30
East Asia	5	244 862	100.0	125 488	51
South and Southeast Asia	17	283 126	100.0	120 098	42
Western and Central Asia	23	43 617	100.0	9 674	22
Total Asia	45	571 605	100.0	255 260	45
Total Europe	36	991 192	99.0	724 308	73
Caribbean	9	3 489	58.4	980	28
Central America	7	22 411	100.0	3 312	15
North America	4	677 464	100.0	40 499	6
Total North and Central America	20	703 364	99.6	44 790	6
Total Oceania	14	203 467	98.6	22 449	11
Total South America	13	831 540	100.0	96 346	12
World	172	3 756 297	95.0	1 281 185	34

Source: WHO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005,
Progress towards sustainable forest management
Chapter 5 Productive functions of forest resources. p.79

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