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Saint Lucia

GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT 2015

COUNTRY REPORT

Rome, 2014

FAO, at the request of its member countries, regularly monitors the world´s forests and theirmanagement and uses through the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). This country reportis prepared as a contribution to the FAO publication, the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015(FRA 2015).The content and the structure are in accordance with the recommendations and guidelines given byFAO in the document Guide for country reporting for FRA 2015 (http://www.fao.org/3/a-au190e.pdf).These reports were submitted to FAO as official government documents.

The content and the views expressed in this report are the responsibility of the entity submitting thereport to FAO. FAO may not be held responsible for the use which may be made of the informationcontained in this report.

FRA 2015 – Country Report, Saint Lucia

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TABLE OF CONTENTSReport preparation and contact persons...............................................................................................................................41. What is the area of forest and other wooded land and how has it changed over time? ................................................. 52. What is the area of natural and planted forest and how has it changed over time? ..................................................... 193. What are the stocks and growth rates of the forests and how have they changed? .....................................................244. What is the status of forest production and how has it changed over time? .................................................................325. How much forest area is managed for protection of soil and water and ecosystem services? ..................................... 396. How much forest area is protected and designated for the conservation of biodiversity and how has it changed overtime? ................................................................................................................................................................................... 457. What is the area of forest affected by woody invasive species? .................................................................................. 498. How much forest area is damaged each year? ............................................................................................................ 529. What is the forest area with reduced canopy cover? ....................................................................................................5610. What forest policy and regulatory framework exists to support implementation of sustainable forest managementSFM? .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5711. Is there a national platform that promotes stakeholder participation in forest policy development? ............................ 5912. What is the forest area intended to be in permanent forest land use and how has it changed over time? .................. 6013. How does your country measure and report progress towards SFM at the national level? ........................................ 6314. What is the area of forest under a forest management plan and how is this monitored? ........................................... 6515. How are stakeholders involved in the management decision making for publicly owned forests? .............................. 6716. What is the area of forest under an independently verified forest certification scheme? .............................................6817. How much money do governments collect from and spend on forests? .....................................................................7018. Who owns and manages the forests and how has this changed? ..............................................................................7219. How many people are directly employed in forestry? ................................................................................................. 7620. What is the contribution of forestry to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? .................................................................... 7821. What is forest area likely to be in the future ...............................................................................................................79


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Report preparation and contact personsContact personsThe present report was prepared by the following person(s)

Name (FAMILYNAME, first name) Institution/address Email Tables

TOUSSAINT, Adams Department of Forestsand Lands ResourcesDevelopement

[email protected] N/A

Rock Rebecca Department of Forestsand Lands ResourcesDevelopement


James Odetta Department of Forestsand Lands ResourcesDevelopement


N/A N/A N/A N/A

Introductory TextPlace an introductory text on the content of this report

Vegetation map of Saint Lucia elaborated in 2006 based on satellite images from 2001. There are somereservations to the map as there are a few “pockets” of areas that are not recognized.

Vegetation map of St. Lucia created in 2009 based on field work and aerial photographs as part of the ForestInventory.

Desk Study?

Check "yes" if this survey is a Desk Study, "no" otherwise

Desk Study? no


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1. What is the area of forest and other wooded land and how has it changed over time?Documents for this question:

• Guide for country reporting FRA 2015• FRA 2015 Terms and Definitions

1.1 Categories and definitions

Category Definition

Forest Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than10 percent or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantlyunder agricultural or urban land use.

Other wooded land Land not classified as "Forest" spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters anda canopy cover of 5-10 percent or trees able to reach these thresholds ; or with a combined coverof shrubs bushes and trees above 10 percent. It does not include land that is predominantly underagricultural or urban land use.

Other land All land that is not classified as "Forest" or "Other wooded land".

...of which with tree cover(sub-category)

Land considered as "Other land", that is predominantly agricultural or urban lands use and has patchesof tree cover that span more than 0.5 hectares with a canopy cover of more than 10 percent of trees ableto reach a height of 5 meters at maturity. It includes bothe forest and non-forest tree species.

Inland water bodies Inland water bodies generally include major rivers, lakes and water reservoirs.

Forest expansion Expansion of forest on land that, until then, was not defined as forest.

...of which afforestation(sub-category)

Establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was notdefined as forest.

...of which naturalexpansion of forest (sub-category)

Expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use(e.g. forest succession on land previously used for agriculture).

Deforestation The conversion of forest to other land use or the longterm reduction of the tree canopy cover below theminimum 10 percent threshold.

...of which humaninduced (sub-category)

Human induced conversion of forest to other land use or the permanent reduction of the tree canopycover below the minimum 10 percent threshold.

Reforestation Natural regeneration or re-establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on landalready in forest land use.

...of which artificialreforestation (sub-category)

Re-establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land already in forest land use.

1.2 National data1.2.1 Data sources

References to sourcesof information Variables Years Additional comments

1 Organization of Americanstates, 1987. Saint LuciaDevelopment Atlas: MapPreparation. OAS, Dept. Reg.Dev., Washington, DC.

Land use, forest type,Vegetation type

1977 Land use informationwas obtained from 1977conventional airphotos

http://www.fao.org/3/a-au190e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/ap862e/ap862e00.pdf


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2 Canadian Internationaldevelopment Agency,1983. Forest ManagementAnd Conservation plan(1983-1994). Ottawa, Canada


1977 Land use informationwas obtained from 1977conventional airphotos



1989 Land use information wasobtained from 1989 Frenchsatellite image (SPOT).

4 Schill, et.al. 2006. ForestFormation and Land CoverMap Series: Lt. Lucia.

Land cover 2001 N/A

5 Graveson, et al. 2009.Vegetation Map of St. Lucia

Vegetation, land cover 2009 Information was obtainedfrom fieldwork approx.190 sample plots and aerialphotography (2009)

1.2.2 Classification and definitions

National class Definition

Natural Forest Primary and secondary forested areas that are used primarily forforestry. This includes natural forest, mangrove and plantations.

Scrub Forest Areas with shrubs or stunted trees covering more than 20%of the area, not primarily used for Agriculture or non-forestrypurposes.

Open woodlands Lands with scattered trees or shrubs over a graminaceous layer.

Agriculture Sub class Intensive:Areas where 70% or more of the surface isdevoted primarily to Agriculture.

Agriculture Subclass Mix: Areas where less than 70% of the surface isdevoted primarily to Agriculture that is organised as scatteredindividual holdings. The predominant non-agricultural coverageis secondary forest.

Agriculture Subclass Eroded Lands: Eroded agricultural lands

Settlements / Built Areas Rural settlement areas occupied by clusters of houses andintensive urban development.

Water Dams and marinas

Other Subclass rock and eroded soil: Beaches, mines and other rockyoutcrops.

Other Subclass undefined: Deficit in total area not described byreferenced report.


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Freshwater Swamp Forest This vegetation class, like mangrove, is independent of directrainfall and more dependant on edaphic (soil) water. FreshwaterSwamp Forest occurs in flat areas close to sea-level, with apermanent or seasonal freshwater flow and no inflow of saltwater. Trees are evergreen and there is a tendency for more orless monotypic (single-species) stands to form. The surface ofthe soil becomes muddy because the water table reaches thesurface for at least part of the year, and is sometimes inundated.Soil water is available even if the surface dries out. This classvaries from the permanently muddy and occasionally inundatedswamp redwood forest beside rivers with a permanent flow ofwater, to forest on flat areas behind beaches that rely on seasonalcreeks to maintain the water table.

Elfin Shrublands Relatively few species are found in this vegetation type: mainly amixture of bromeliads, sedges and grasses and shrubs, with manyLesser Antillean endemics

Deciduous Seasonal Forest This class is defined as deciduous because the taller trees tendto lose all their leaves in most dry seasons, although the smallertrees and shrubs are evergreen. Its overall appearance during anormal dry season is of a more or less leafless canopy. There isno moss or cover of ground ferns. Vines and herbaceous groundcover are present, particularly in the more disturbed areas, wheremore light passes through canopy during the wet season. Thisforest class reaches an elevation of 700m on Petit Piton.

Deciduous Seasonal Forest and Grassland Open grassy areas are probably not a natural vegetation classin Saint Lucia, except perhaps as small patches in rocky coastalcliffs and pavement. As discussed in section 4.8, however,fires and other continual disturbance of Deciduous SeasonalForest produces degraded „grassy. areas (including sedges)with some shrubs and trees. Abandoned gardens in wetter areascan temporarily take on this form, but quickly develop intosecondary forest

Fumarole Vegetation This is a rare acid-tolerant class confined to the Sulphur Springs,especially on the slope of Mount Souf. It is dominated by fernsabout 2m tall and a bromeliad, with widely-spaced trees.

Herbaceous Swamp Seasonally or permanently muddy or flooded areas with a mainlyherbaceous cover, along with some shrubs, and possibly anoccasional tree.

Lower Montane Rainforest Lower Montane Rainforest merges with Semi-evergreenSeasonal Forest at lower elevations and with Montane/ CloudMontane Rainforest at higher elevations. Trees are evergreenbecause there is no water deficit most years in any month. Ingeneral, trees of all heights are found, without clear divisionsinto separate canopy layers. Although there may be a shrub, fernand herbaceous (mainly Anthurium) ground cover, this forestclass is easy to walk through (if one ignores the incline) exceptwhere the canopy has been destroyed and ferns, vines and shrubscolonise the clearing

Montane Rainforest This class is poorly differentiated from Lower MontaneRainforest in terms of species, but it has a very characteristicappearance. It is found only on very steep slopes at highelevation: where the slope is gentler Lower Montane Rainforestreplaces it.


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Semi-evergreen Seasonal Forest Semi-evergreen Seasonal Forest occupies the zone betweenDeciduous Seasonal Forest and Lower Montane Rainforest. It ischaracterized by upper canopy trees with rather thin, often broad,and quite often compound leaves, which may lose some, butnot all, of their leaves during a dry spell. There are no, or veryfew, epiphytes, ground ferns and mosses. Elevation ranges fromalmost sea-level in ravines to the summit of Gros Piton

1.2.3 Original data

Descript Ha(1000)

Builtup Areas 11.88

Deciduous Seasonal Forest 11.78

Deciduous Seasonal Forest and Grassland 2.69

Elfin Shrublands .081

Freshwater Swamp Forest .066

Fumarole Vegetation .027

Herbaceous Swamp .146

Intensive Farming 2.07

Lower Montane Rainforest 12.57

Mangrove .30

Mixed Farming with Deciduous Seasonal Forest 6.80

Mixed Farming with Lower Montane Forest .70

Mixed Farming with Semi Evergreen Seasonal Forest 7.0

Montane Rainforest .071

Semi-evergreen Seasonal Forest 3.81

Under Construction .316

60.34

Data Source: St. Lucia Forestry Department; FCG Project 2008 - 2009 Botanical Survey 191 plots surveyedfrom May 2009. Botanist Roger Graveson.


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Landuse 2009

Description Hectares(2009) hectares(2000)

Bare Ground/Scrub 2.73 .47

Densely Vegetated Farming 13.65 3.58

Forest Reserve 9.42 7.97

Golf Course .064

Grasslands .19 2.69

Intensive Farming 2.95 12.2

Mangrove .18 .23

Mixed Farming 1.56 11.48

Natural Tropical Forest 4.79 6.16

Other Vegetation 8.63

Ponds .04

Scrub Forest 6.38 6.79

Builtup Area 10.13 9.04

60.64 60.64

Data Source: St. Lucia Forestry Department; 2004 aerial photographs and field surveys

National class Sub-class 1977*

(1000 ha)

1989***

(1000 ha)


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Natural 25.1** 12.9Forest

Scrub 12.5 7.5

Open woodlands 2.5 1.3

Intensive 7.1 17.6

Mix 12.3** 16.2

Agriculture

Eroded lands 0.2

Settlements 1.7 5.4

Water 0.1

Rock and Exposed soil 0.4Other

Undefined

Total 61.1 61.6

* Canadian International development Agency, 1983.

** A relative proportion of secondary forest to mixed agriculture reported by the Organization of American states, 1987 using the same airphotos was used to separate the bulk figure reported by CIDA.

*** Canadian International development Agency, 1992.

In 2006, Schill et. al. published a new vegetation map for Satin Lucia. It represents approximately the state ofthe vegetation as of year 2001. They used a combination of LANDSAT ETM+ scenes and IKONOS imagery.The forest classification scheme is adapted from Areces-Malea et al. (1999), who classify Caribbean vegetation according to standards of the US Federal Geographic Data Committee(FGDC 1997).

Using the GIS coverage for this new map the following areas of different vegetation types were obtained:

Landcover class name Area (ha)

Lowland Forest 29758.86

Transitional Cloud Forests 6493.14


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Cloud Forests 1062.27

Elfin Forests 791.73

Woody Agriculture 64.71

Pasture/Grass 1258.56

Seasonal Forests 71.55

Evergreen Forests 143.28

Plantation Forests 1205.55

Wetlands 8.82

Barren 287.91

Quarries 19.08

Banana 579.24

Banana-Coconut Mix 48.96

Coconut 149.76

Urban Light Density 9655.56

Urban High Density 1206.27

White Sand 65.79

Black Sand 14.13

Golf Course 69.66

Semi-deciduous Forests 319.77

Drought-deciduous Forests 6978.24

Mangroves 164.16

Water 2219.58

TOTAL 62636.58

For the further analysis, only the 1977 and 2001 data sets were used. The 1989 data set was discarded asthe trend was contrary to the general knowledge that the forest area has increased due to the abandoning ofagricultural land.


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1.3 Analysis and processing of national data1.3.1 Adjustment

FAOSTAT presents the following official data:

Total country area (hectares) 62000

Inland water (hectares) 1000

Total land area (hectares) 61000

The 1977 data set has a total land area of 61100 hectares and the 2001 data set has a total land area of 60 417hectares. Both data sets are fairly close to the total land area as reported in FAOSTAT, hence no calibration isdone. Instead, the area of other land is adjusted so figures add up to the total area as of FAOSTAT.

1.3.2 Estimation and forecasting

Linear interpolation was used to estimate the forest area for 1990 and 2000. The 2001 figure has been used for2005 and 2010, assuming that the rate of increase in forest area has gone down and is now more or less stable.

1.3.3 Reclassification

1977 data

FRACategoriesNationalClasses

Sub-class

Forest OWL OL Water

Natural 100% Forest

Scrub 100%


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Openwoodlands

100%

Intensive 100%

Mix 100%

Agriculture

Eroded lands 100%

Settlements 100%

Water 100%

Rock andExposed soil

100% Other

Undefined 100%

The reclassification of the 1977 data is slightly different from the reclassification in the report to FRA 2005 inorder to make it more comparable to the 2001 data set.

2001 data

Landcoverclass name

Forest OWL OL OLwTC Water

LowlandForest

100%

TransitionalCloud Forests

100%

Cloud Forests 100%

Elfin Forests 100%

WoodyAgriculture

100% 100%

Pasture/Grass 100%

SeasonalForests

100%

EvergreenForests

100%


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PlantationForests

100%

Wetlands 100%

Barren 100%

Quarries 100%

Banana 100%

Banana-Coconut Mix

100% 100%

Coconut 100% 100%

Water 100%

Urban LightDensity

100%

Urban HighDensity

100%

White Sand 100%

Black Sand 100%

Golf Course 100%

Semi-deciduousForests

100%

Drought-deciduousForests

100%

Mangroves 100%

The reclassification gives the following data. Other land is adjusted so that the areas add up to the FAOSTATofficial figures.

Reclassified data into 1977 2001


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FRA2010 categories (hectares) (hectares)

Forest 40 100 46 989

Other wooded land 0 0

Other land 20 900 14 011

... of which with tree cover n.d.a. 263

Inland water 1 000 1 000

TOTAL land area 62 000 62 000

The 2001 data set does not allow for separating forest and other wooded land. Any areas of other wooded landare included under the forest category. To achieve comparability, the areas of scrub and other woodland in the1977 data set were also included in the forest category, while in the FRA 2005 report they were consideredas other wooded land.

2004 - 2009 Data

Landuse Cover Forest OWL OL OLwTC Water

Bare Ground/Scrub

100%

DenselyVegetatedFarming

100%

Forest Reserve 100%

Golf Course 100%

Grasslands 100%

IntensiveFarming

100%

Mangrove 100%

Mixed Farming 100%

Natural TropicalForest

100%

Other Vegetation 100%


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Ponds 100%

Scrub Forest 100%

Builtup Area 100%

This was derived using an amalgamation of classifications for the previous years

1.4 DataTable 1a

Area (000 hectares)Categories

1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Forest 21.8 21.2 20.9 20.6 20.3

Other wooded land 0 0 0 8.6 8.6

Other land 39.2 39.8 40.1 31.8 32.1

... of which with tree cover N/A 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26

Inland water bodies 1 1 1 1 1

TOTAL 62.00 62.00 62.00 62.00 62.00

Table 1bAnnual forest establishment /loss (000 hectares per year)

...of which of introducedspecies (000 hectares per year)

Categories1990 2000 2005 2010 1990 2000 2005 2010

Forest expansion N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which afforestation 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 N/A


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... of which natural

expansion of forest

0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 N/A

Deforestation N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which human induced N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Reforestation N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which artificial 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 N/A

Tiers

Category Tier for status Tier for reported trend

Forest Tier 3 Tier 2

Other wooded land Tier 3 Tier 2

Forest expansion Tier 2 Tier 1

Deforestation Tier 2 Tier 1

Reforestation Tier 2 Tier 1

Tier criteria


• Forest• Other wooded land• Afforestation• Reforestation• Natural expansion of forest• Deforestation

Tier 3 : Data sources: Either recent(less than 10 years ago) National ForestInventory or remote sensing, with groundtruthing, or programme for repeatedcompatible NFIs Tier 2 : Data sources:Full cover mapping / remote sensing orold NFI (more than 10 years ago) Tier 1 :Other

Tier 3 : Estimate based on repeatedcompatible tiers 3 (tier for status) Tier 2 :Estimate based on repeated compatible tier2 or combination tier 3 and 2 or 1 (tier forstatus) Tier 1 : Other

1.5 Comments

Category Comments related todata definitions etc Comments on the reported trends

Forest The forest area may include an unknownextent of other wooded land.

N/A

Other wooded land N/A N/A

Other land N/A N/A

Other land with tree cover N/A N/A

Inland water bodies N/A N/A

Forest expansion N/A N/A

Deforestation N/A N/A


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Reforestation N/A N/A

Other general comments to the table

N/A


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2. What is the area of natural and planted forest and how has it changed over time?Documents for this question:



Term Definition

Naturally regeneratedforest

Forest predominantly composed of trees established through natural regeneration.

Naturalized introducedspecies

Other naturally regenerated forest where the tree species are predominantly non-native and do not needhuman help to reproduce/maintain populations over time.

Introduced species A species, subspecies or lower taxon occurring outside its natural range (past or present) and dispersalpotential (i.e. outside the range it occupies naturally or could occupy without direct or indirectintroduction or care by humans).

Category Definition

Primary forest Naturally regenerated forest of native species where there are no clearly visible indications of humanactivities and the ecological processes are not significantly disturbed.

Other naturallyregenerated forest

Naturally regenerated forest where there are clearly visible indications of human activities.

...of which of introducedspecies (sub-category)

Other naturally regenerated forest where the trees are predominantly of introduced species.

...of which naturalized(sub-sub category)

Other naturally regenerated forest where the trees are predominantly of naturalized introduced species.

Planted forest Forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding.

...of which of introducedspecies (sub-category)

Planted forest where the planted/seeded trees are predominantly of introduced species.

Mangroves Area of forest and other wooded land with mangrove vegetation.

...of which planted (sub-category)

Mangroves predominantly composed of trees established through planting.



1 Schill, et.al. 2006. ForestFormation and Land CoverMap Series: Lt. Lucia.

Land cover 2001 N/A


Forest reserves, protectedareas

1989 Land use information wasobtained from 1989 Frenchsatellite image (SPOT).




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3 Graveson, et al. 2009.Vegetation Map of St. Lucia

Vegetation Types 2009 Field work 191 sample plotsand 2009 aerial photography

4 Forestry Dept., Land use map Land Use 2009 Field work; aerialphotography and satelliteimagery

5 CIDA Forest ManagementAssistance Project (Piitz,1983)This inventory wasconducted by CIDA afterhurricane Allen

Basal area, volumes,classifications

1982 N/A

6 Forest Demarcation and Bio-physical Resource Inventory;B Tenant 2009

Basal area, volumes,classifications

2009 N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

2.2.3 Original data

Landuse 2009

Description Hectares(2009) hectares(2000)

Bare Ground/Scrub 2.73 .47

Densely Vegetated Farming 13.65 3.58

Forest Reserve 9.42 7.97

Golf Course .064

Grasslands .19 2.69

Intensive Farming 2.95 12.2

Mangrove .18 .23

Mixed Farming 1.56 11.48

Natural Tropical Forest 4.79 6.16


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Other Vegetation 8.63

Ponds .04

Scrub Forest 6.38 6.79

Builtup Area 10.13 9.04

60.64 60.64

Data Source: St. Lucia Forestry Department

Descript Ha(000)

Builtup Areas 11.8800

Deciduous Seasonal Forest 11.7900

Deciduous Seasonal Forest and Grassland 2.6900

Elfin Shrublands 0.0810

Freshwater Swamp Forest 0.0650

Fumarole Vegetation 0.0270

Herbaceous Swamp 0.1460

Intensive Farming 2.0740

Lower Montane Rainforest 12.5600

Mangrove 0.3030

Mixed Farming with Deciduous Seasonal Forest 6.8000

Mixed Farming with Lower Montane Forest 0.7040

Mixed Farming with Semi Evergreen Seasonal Forest 7.0040

Montane Rainforest 0.0710

Semi-evergreen Seasonal Forest 3.8100

Under Construction 0.3160

60.3210


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Gravesons vegetation classification for St. Lucia 2009




2.4 DataTable 2a

Forest area (000 hectares)Categories

1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Primary forest 18.65 18.05 17.75 17.45 17.15

Other naturally regeneratedforest

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which of introducedspecies

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which naturalized N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Planted forest 3.15 3.15 3.15 3.15 3.15

... of which of introducedspecies

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

TOTAL 21.80 21.20 20.90 20.60 20.30

Table 2b

Primary forest converted to (000 ha)

1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2015

Othernatural

regenerationPlanted Other land

Othernatural


Othernatural


N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Table 2c


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Area (000 hectares)Categories

1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Mangroves (forest and OWL) 0.26 0.22 0.2 0.18 0.16

... of which planted N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Tiers


Primary forest Tier 3 Tier 2

Other naturally regenerated forest Tier 3 Tier 2

Planted forest Tier 3 Tier 2

Mangroves Tier 2 Tier 2

Tier Criteria


Primary forest/Other naturally regeneratedforest/Planted forest

Tier 3 : Data sources: Recent (less than10 years) National Forest Inventory orremote sensing with ground truthing ordata provided by official agencies orprogramme for repeated compatible NFIsTier 2 : Data sources: Full cover mapping/remote sensing or old NFI (more than 10years) Tier 1 : Other


2.5 Comments

Category Comments related todata definitions etc Comments on reported trend

Primary forest N/A N/A

Other naturally regenerating forest N/A N/A

Planted forest N/A N/A

Mangroves Data was available for 2000 and 2010 N/A


N/A


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3. What are the stocks and growth rates of the forests and how have they changed?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Growing stock Volume over bark of all living trees with a minimum diameter of 10 cm at breast height (or abovebuttress if these are higher). Includes the stem from ground level up to a top diameter of 0 cm,excluding branches.

Net Annual Increment(NAI)

Average annual volume of gross increment over the given reference period less that of natural losses onall trees, measured to minimum diameters as defined for "Growing stock".

Above-ground biomass All living biomass above the soil including stem stump branches bark seeds and foliage.

Below-ground biomass All biomass of live roots. Fine roots of less than 2 mm diameter are excluded because these often cannotbe distinguished empirically from soil organic matter or litter.

Dead wood All non-living woody biomass not contained in the litter either standing lying on the ground or in thesoil. Dead wood includes wood lying on the surface dead roots and stumps larger than or equal to 10 cmin diameter or any other diameter used by the country.

Carbon in above-groundbiomass

Carbon in all living biomass above the soil including stem stump branches bark seeds and foliage.

Carbon in below-groundbiomass

Carbon in all biomass of live roots. Fine roots of less than 2 mm diameter are excluded because theseoften cannot be distinguished empirically from soil organic matter or litter.

Carbon in dead wood Carbon in all non-living woody biomass not contained in the litter, either standing, lying on the ground,or in the soil. Dead wood includes wood lying on the surface, dead roots and stumps larger than or equalto 10 cm in diameter or any other diameter used by the country.

Carbon in litter Carbon in all non-living biomass with a diameter less than the minimum diameter for dead wood (e.g.10 cm ) lying dead in various states of decomposition above the mineral or organic soil.

Soil carbon Organic carbon in mineral and organic soils (including peat) to a soil depth of 30 cm.



1 Forest Inventory 1945 Basal Area; volume;stocking; forest classification

1945 Forest Inventory andclassification; J.S Beard

2 Forest Inventory 1982 Basal Area; volume; damage;mortality; stocking; forestclassification

1982 - 2003 CIDA Forest ManagementAssistance Project (Piitz,1983)This inventory wasconducted by CIDA afterhurricane Allen

3 Forest Inventory 2009 Basal Area; volume; damage;mortality; stocking; forestclassification

2009 Forest Demarcation and Bio-physical Resource Inventory;B Tenant 2009




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4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



Exploitation forest Areas of forest with slope less than 30 degrees not requiringprotection for other values

Protection/Production forest Areas of forest with slopes less than 30 degrees requiringprotection for other values, while allowing limited production

Protection forest Areas of forest with slope greater than 30 degrees and any otherareas requiring protection

N/A N/A

3.2.3 Original data

Forest Management Class Mean stocking Mean Total Volume

Exploitation forest 344 205

Protection/Productionforest

305 194

Protection forest 275 183

All forest types 289 187

1982 Inventory table

Species Volume 1982 (m3) Volume 2009 (m3)

Sterculia caribaea 11.4 53.1

Dacryodes excelsa 29.8 30.0

Licania ternatensis 11.0 12.8

Sloanea caribaea 19.6 10.9

Pouteria pallida 14.5 10.1

Sapium caribaeum 6.8 9.8

Guatteria caribaea 7.5 9.7


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Talauma dodecapetala 7.1 3.5

Species Volume within dbh classes (m3) Total Volume (m3)

< 15 15 - < 25 25 - < 35 35 - < 45 45 - < 55 55 - < 65 65 - < 75 > 75

Sterculiacaribaea

3.7 8.8 11.3 11.9 9.8 4.0 2.1 1.5 53.1

Dacryodesexcelsa

0.1 0.8 1.3 2.8 3.2 3.7 4.9 13.2 30.0

Hibiscuselatus

1.5 5.3 6.9 4.4 3.6 1.2 0.2 0.4 23.5

Licaniaternatensis

0.3 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.4 1.4 1.6 0.7 12.8

Ocotealeucoxylon

0.6 2.0 3.0 3.2 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.3 12.1

Swieteniamacro-phylla

0.5 1.6 2.2 2.0 2.4 1.5 0.1 0.6 10.9

Sloaneacaribaea

0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.9 2.1 4.2 10.9

Pouteriapallida

0.1 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.5 1.5 3.1 10.1

Sapiumcaribaeum 0.2 1.0 1.2 2.3 1.8 1.1 0.9 1.3 9.8

Guatteriacaribaea

0.5 1.4 2.4 2.1 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.2 9.7

Allotherspecies

10.7 25.8 26.4 18.8 14.8 8.9 6.1 10.9 122.4

TotalVolume

18.3 48.5 57.5 51.9 44.8 26.9 21.0 36.4 305.3

Volume of species previously in demand (after Goodlet, 1970)


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Data from the 1982 and 2009 inventories were available for this calculations. To accommodate the in betweenyears the difference between the 2009 and 1982 was found and divided by the number of years in between thenthis factor was used to estimate the missing years.

2009 - 1982/27

Both of the forest inventories were done only for the Forest Reserve which is about 9308 ha.



3.4 DataTable 3a

Growing stock volume (million m 3 over bark)

Forest Other wooded landCategory

1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Totalgrowingstock

3.96 5.32 5.86 6.5 7.14 0 0 0 0 N/A

... ofwhichconiferous

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

... ofwhichbroadleaved

3.96 5.32 5.86 6.5 7.14 0 0 0 0 N/A

Table 3b

Category/Species name Growing stock in forest (million cubic meters)

Rank Scientific name Common name 1990 2000 2005 2010


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1 st Sterculiacaribaea

Maho kochon 0.48 0.78 0.93 1.07

2 nd Dacryodesexcelsa

Gonmyé 0.325 0.475 0.55 0.63

3 rd Licaniaternatensis

Bwa di mas 0.25 0.26 0.265 0.27

4 th Sloaneacaribaea

Chatannyé 0.33 0.28 0.255 0.23

5 th Pouteria pallida Balata chyen 0.27 0.24 0.225 0.21

6 th Sapiumcaribaeum

Lagli 0.157 0.177 0.192 0.207

7 th Guatteriacaribaea

Kòsòl mawon,Ti kachiman bwa

0.185 0.195 0.2 0.205

8 th Talaumadodecapetala

Bwa pan mawon 0.13 0.11 0.093 0.074

9 th N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

10 th N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Remaining N/A N/A N/A N/A

TOTAL 2.13 2.52 2.71 2.90

THE PRE-FILLED VALUES FOR GROWING STOCK REFER TO THE FOLLOWINGTHRESHOLD VALUES (SEE TABLE BELOW)

Item Value Complementary information

Minimum diameter (cm) at breast heightof trees included in growing stock (X)

10cm N/A

Minimum diameter (cm) at the top end ofstem for calculation of growing stock (Y)

N/A N/A

Minimum diameter (cm) of branchesincluded in growing stock (W)

N/A N/A

Volume refers to above ground (AG) orabove stump (AS)

N/A N/A

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEFINITION OF GROWING STOCK HAS CHANGED AND SHOULDBE REPORTED AS GROWING STOCK DBH 10 CM INCLUDING THE STEM FROM GROUNDLEVEL UP TO A DIAMETER OF 0 CM, EXCLUDING BRANCHES.

Table 3c

Net annual increment (m 3 per hectare and year)

ForestCategory

1990 2000 2005 2010 2015


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Net annualincrement

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of whichconiferous

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of whichbroadleaved

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Table 3d

Biomass (million metric tonnes oven-dry weight)


1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Abovegroundbiomass

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

Belowgroundbiomass

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

Deadwood

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

TOTAL .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

Table 3e

Carbon (Million metric tonnes)


1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Carbonin abovegroundbiomass

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

Carbonin belowgroundbiomass

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

SubtotalLivingbiomass

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

Carbonin deadwood

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

Carbonin litter

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A


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SubtotalDeadwoodand litter

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

Soilcarbon

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 N/A

TOTAL .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

Tiers

Variable/category Tier for status Tier for trend

Total growing stock Tier 3 Tier 1

Net annual increment N/A N/A

Above ground biomass N/A N/A

Below ground biomass N/A N/A

Dead wood N/A N/A

Carbon in above-ground biomass N/A N/A

Carbon in below ground biomass N/A N/A

Carbon in dead wood and litter N/A N/A

Soil carbon N/A N/A

Tier criteria


Total growing stock Tier 3: Data sources Recent 10 yearsNational Forest Inventory or remotesensing with ground truthing orprogramme for repeated compatible NFI10 years Domestic volume functions Tier2: Data sources/registers and statisticsmodelling or old NFI 10 years or partialfield inventory Tier 1: Other data sources

Tier 3: Estimate based on repeatedcompatible tiers 3 (tier for status)Domestic growth functions Tier 2:Estimate based on repeated compatible tier2 or combination tier 3 and 2 or 1 tier forstatus Tier 1: Other

Net annual increment Tier 3: Scientifically tested nationalvolume and growth functions Tier 2:Selection of volume and growth functionsas relevant as possible Tier 1: Other

Tier 3: Confirmation/adjustment offunctions used through scientific workTier 2: Review work done to seekalternative functions Tier: 1 Other


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Biomass Tier 3: Country-specific national or sub-national biomass conversion expansionfactors applied or other domestic orotherwise nationally relevant biomassstudies Tier 2: Application of countryspecific national or sub-national biomassconversion factors from other countrywith similar climatic conditions and foresttypes Tier 1: International/regional defaultbiomass expansion factors applied


• Carbon in above ground biomass• Carbon in below ground biomass• Carbon in dead wood and litter• Soil carbon

Tier 3: Country-specific national or sub-national biomass conversion expansionfactors applied Tier 2: Applicationof country specific national or sub-national biomass conversion factorsform from other country with similarclimatic conditions and forest types Tier1: International/regional default biomassexpansion factors applied


3.5 Comments on growing stock biomass and carbon

Category Comments related todata definitions etc Comments on the reported trend

Total growing stock N/A N/A

Growing stock of broadleaved coniferous N/A N/A

Growing stock composition N/A N/A

Net annual increment N/A N/A

Above-ground biomass N/A N/A

Below-ground biomass N/A N/A

Dead wood N/A N/A

Carbon in above-ground biomass N/A N/A

Carbon in below-ground biomass N/A N/A

Carbon in dead wood N/A N/A

Carbon in litter N/A N/A

Soil carbon N/A N/A


N/A


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4. What is the status of forest production and how has it changed over time?Documents for this question:



Term Definition

Primary designatedfunction

The primary function or management objective assigned to a management unit either by legalprescription documented decision of the landowner/manager or evidence provided by documentedstudies of forest management practices and customary use.

Non wood forest product(NWFP)

Goods derived from forests that are tangible and physical objects of biological origin other than wood.

Commercial value ofNWFP

For the purpose of this table, value is defined as the commercial market value at the forest gate.

Category Definition

Production forest Forest area designated primarily for production of wood, fibre, bio-energy and/or non-wood forestproducts.

Multiple use forest Forest area designated for more than one purpose and where none of these alone is considered as thepredominant designated function.

Total wood removals The total of industrial round wood removals and woodfuel removals.

...of which woodfuel The wood removed for energy production purposes, regardless whether for industrial, commercial ordomestic use.




Land use, Land tenure 1989 Land use information wasobtained from 1989 Frenchsatellite image (SPOT).

2 Development of a SustainableCharcoal Industry in St.Lucia (Donatian Gustave,2009)

N/A 2009 Masters thesis on the charcoalindustry in St. Lucia

3 Assessing the SustainableManagement and Productionof L'ansan, (2009) Protiumattenuatum Incense in St.Lucia

N/A 2009 Masters thesis on the L'ansanindustry in St. Lucia




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4 The Latanye Broom Industryof St. Lucia By DonatianGustave, Margaret Severinand Brent Charles

N/A 2004 N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

4.2.3 Original data

Forest Reserves (1989)

Reserve Area

(1000 ha)

Castries Waterworks 1.393

Barre-de-l’Isle North 0.231

Barre-de-l’Isle South 0.724

Central Forest A 1.631

Central Forest B 1.474

Quilesse 1.4

Saltibus Grand Magazin 0.107

Addition Central Forest 0.121

Dennery Waterworks 0.145

Dennery Ridge 0.071

Marquis Estate 1 0.134



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Marquis Estate 3-6 0.019

Forestierre Blocks 0.012

Vie litre 0.216

Fond Estate 0.315

Total 8.028

An additional 1295 hectares of land was added to the forest reserve in 2007.




The protected areas are considered as designated for conservation of biodiversity and the forest reserves aredesignated for multiple use.

4.4 DataTable 4a


1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Production forest 0 0 0 0 0

Multiple useforest

1.7 1.7 1.7 3 4.3

Table 4b


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Rank Name of product Key species

Commercial valueof NWFP removals

2010 (value 1000local currency)

NWFP category

1 st l'ansan Protium attenuatum 50 7

2 nd latanye Coccothrinaxbarbadensis

66 5

3 rd N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 th N/A N/A N/A N/A







TOTAL 116.00

2010

Name of local currency East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)

Category

Plant products / raw material

1 Food

2 Fodder

3 Raw material for medicine and aromatic products

4 Raw material for colorants and dyes

5 Raw material for utensils handicrafts construction

6 Ornamental plants

7 Exudates

8 Other plant products

Animal products / raw material


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9 Living animals

10 Hides skins and trophies

11 Wild honey and beewax

12 Wild meat

13 Raw material for medicine

14 Raw material for colorants

15 Other edible animal products

16 Other non-edible animal products

Table 4c Pre-filled data from FAOSTAT

FRA 2015 category (1000 m 3 u.b.)Year

Total wood removals ...of which woodfuel

1990 8.98 8

1991 9.04 8

1992 9.07 8

1993 8.73 8

1994 8.85 8

1995 8.86 8

1996 8.97 8

1997 9.07 8

1998 9.08 8

1999 9.12 8

2000 9.42 8

2001 9.47 8

2002 9.52 8

2003 9.57 8

2004 9.62 8

2005 9.67 8


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2006 9.7 8

2007 9.74 8

2008 9.78 8

2009 9.81 8

2010 9.85 8

2011 9.86 8

Tiers


Production forest Tier 3 Tier 3

Multiple use forest Tier 1 Tier 1

Tier Criteria


Production forest Multiple use forest Tier 3: Updated including fieldverifications national forest mapsincluding functions Tier 2: Forest mapsolder than 6 years including forestfunctions Tier 1: Other


4.5 Comments


Production forest There are no production forests N/A

Multiple use forest N/A N/A

Total wood removals . The volume of production was estimatedas equaling to the consumption and wasstated as 7500 to 8000 tonnes per annum.The yield of timber for charcoal on scrubland was one cubic meter per hectare peryear, four (4) cubic metres per hectareper year for rain forest, ten cubic metresper hectare per year for pioneer speciesper year and Leucaena fifty cubic metresper hectare per year (excerpt taken fromGustave, D 2009)

N/A

Commercial value of NWFP The information was derived from thethesis of Toussaint A, 2009 and expertopinion.

N/A



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N/A


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5. How much forest area is managed for protection of soil and water and ecosystemservices?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Protection of soil andwater

Forest area designated or managed for protection of soil and water

...of which productionof clean water (sub-category)

Forest area primarily designated or managed for water production, where most human uses are excludedor heavily modified to protect water quality.

...of which coastalstabilization (sub-category)

Forest area primarily designated or managed for coastal stabilization.

...of which desertificationcontrol (sub-category)

Forest area primarily designated or managed for desertification control.

...of which avalanchecontrol (sub-category)

Forest area primarily designated or managed to prevent the development or impact of avalanches onhuman life assets or infrastructure.

...of which erosion, floodprotection or reducingflood risk (sub-category)

Forest area primarily designated or managed for protecting communities or assets from the impacts oferosion riparian floods and landslides or for providing flood plain services.

...of which other (sub-category)

Forest area primarily designated or managed for other protective functions.

Ecosystem services,cultural or spiritual values

Forest area primarily designated or managed for selected ecosystem services or cultural or spiritualvalues.

...of which publicrecreation (sub-category)

Forest area designated or managed for public recreation.

...of which carbon storageor sequestration (sub-category)

Forest area designated or managed for carbon storage or sequestration.

...of which spiritual orcultural services (sub-category)

Forest area designated or managed for spiritual or cultural services.

...of which other (sub-category)

Forest area designated or managed for other ecosystem services.



1 Forest, Soil and WaterConservation Act, 1946

N/A 1946, 1983 Revised in 1983




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2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



Forest Reserve Crown lands so declared under the Forest, Soil and WaterConservation Act, 1946

Protected Areas Forest Reserve and private land declared under the Forest, Soiland Water Conservation Act, 1946; Fisheries Act, 1984; and theNational Trust Act, 1975.

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

5.2.3 Original data

Protected areas (1989)

Protected area Area (1000 ha)

The Parrot Sanctuary 1.578

Maria Islands Nature Reserve 0.012

Pigeon Island National Park: 0.018

Anse La Liberte 0.056

Savannes Bay Area: 0.486

Savannes Bay mangrove. 0.051

Praslin mangroves. 0.016

Marquis mangroves. 0.005


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Marigot Bay mangroves. 0.003

Esperance harbour mangroves. 0.005

Anse Lavoutte (Cas-en-Bas)mangroves.

0.011

Bois d'Orange mangroves. 0.003

Anse Pointe Sable Mankotemangroves.

0.049

Fregate Island Nature Reserve. 0

Anse Galet 0.071

Total 2.364




5.4 DataTable 5a


1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Protection of soiland water

7.4 7.4 7.4 9.3 9.6

... of whichproduction ofclean water

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of whichcoastalstabilization

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A


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... of whichdesertificationcontrol

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of whichavalanchecontrol

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of whicherosion, floodprotection orreducing floodrisk

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which other(please specifyin commentsbelow the table)

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Other

N/A

Table 5b


1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Ecosystem services,cultural or spiritualvalues

...of which publicrecreation

6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3

...of whichcarbon storage orsequestration

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

...of which spiritualor cultural services

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

...of which other(please specify incomments belowthe table)

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Tiers

Category Tier for reported trend Tier for status

Protection of soil and water Tier 3 Tier 3

Ecosystem services, cultural or spiritualvalues

Tier 2 Tier 2

Tier criteria



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Protection of soil and water Tier 3: High reliability data derived eitherfrom high intensity sample survey or dataobtained from national or state agenciesresponsible for regulations or legislationrelating to soil and water protection. Tier2: Approaches based on low intensityor incomplete sample-based surveys orstudies that provide data for specific areasthat is extrapolated through statisticalanalysis to national level estimates. Tier 1:Other


• Cultural or spiritual values• Public recreation• Spiritual or cultural services• Other

Tier 3: High reliability data derivedeither from high intensity sample surveyor data obtained from national or stateagencies responsible for regulations. Tier2: Approaches based on low intensityor incomplete sample-based surveys orstudies that provide data for specific areasthat is extrapolated through statisticalanalysis to national level estimates. Tier 1:Other


5.5 Comments


Protection of soil and water N/A N/A

Production of clean water N/A N/A

Coastal stabilization N/A N/A

Desertification control N/A N/A

Avalanche control N/A N/A

Erosion, flood protection or reducing floodrisk

N/A N/A

Other protective functions N/A N/A

Ecosystem services, cultural or spiritualvalues

These include all protected areasincluding Piton Management area and theIyanola area 2 and 4 ha respectively

N/A

Public recreation N/A N/A

Carbon storage or sequestration N/A N/A

Spiritual or cultural services N/A N/A

Other ecosystem services N/A N/A



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N/A


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6. How much forest area is protected and designated for the conservation of biodiversityand how has it changed over time?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Conservation ofbiodiversity

Forest area designated primarily for conservation of biological diversity. Includes but is not limited toareas designated for biodiversity conservation within the protected areas.

Forest area withinprotected areas

Forest area within formally established protected areas independently of the purpose for which theprotected areas were established.




Land use, Land tenure 1989 Land use information wasobtained from 1989 Frenchsatellite image (SPOT).

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

6.2.3 Original data

Forest Reserves (1989)




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Reserve Area

(1000 ha)

Castries Waterworks 1.393

Barre-de-l’Isle North 0.231

Barre-de-l’Isle South 0.724

Central Forest A 1.631

Central Forest B 1.474

Quilesse 1.4

Saltibus Grand Magazin 0.107

Addition Central Forest 0.121

Dennery Waterworks 0.145

Dennery Ridge 0.071



Marquis Estate 3-6 0.019

Forestierre Blocks 0.012

Vie litre 0.216

Fond Estate 0.315

Total 8.028

An additional 1295 hectares of land was added to the forest reserve in 2007.

Protected areas (1989)


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Protected area Area (1000 ha)

The Parrot Sanctuary 1.578

Maria Islands Nature Reserve 0.012

Pigeon Island National Park: 0.018

Anse La Liberte 0.056

Savannes Bay Area: 0.486

Savannes Bay mangrove. 0.051

Praslin mangroves. 0.016

Marquis mangroves. 0.005

Marigot Bay mangroves. 0.003

Esperance harbour mangroves. 0.005

Anse Lavoutte (Cas-en-Bas)mangroves.

0.011

Bois d'Orange mangroves. 0.003

Anse Pointe Sable Mankotemangroves.

0.049

Fregate Island Nature Reserve. 0

Anse Galet 0.071

Total 2.364




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The protected areas are considered as designated for conservation of biodiversity and the forest reserves aredesignated for multiple use. Remaining areas are classified as no/unknown designation.

6.4 DataTable 6


1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

Conservation ofbiodiversity

8 8 8 9.3 9.6

Forest areawithin protectedareas

2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

Tiers


Conservation of biodiversity Tier 2 Tier 2

Forest area within protected areas Tier 2 Tier 2

Tier criteria


• Conservation of biodiversity• Forests within protected areas

Tier 3: Data obtained from national orstate agencies responsible for conservationand protected area or legislation relatingto area protection. Tier 2: Studies thatprovide data for specific areas that isextrapolated through statistical analysis tonational level estimates Tier 1 Other


6.5 Comments


Conservation of biodiversity N/A N/A

Forest area within protected areas N/A N/A


N/A


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7. What is the area of forest affected by woody invasive species?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Invasive species Species that are non-native to a particular ecosystem and whose introduction and spread cause, or arelikely to cause, socio-cultural, economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.



1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

7.2.3 Original data





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7.4 DataTable 7

Forest area affected (000 ha)Scientific name of

woody invasive species2005 2010

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

Total N/A N/A

Tiers


Invasive species N/A N/A

Tier Criteria



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Invasive species Tier 3: Systematic assessment in forestinventory or other survey (e.g. byconservation department) within the last5 years) Tier 2: Systematic assessment inforest inventory or other survey (e.g. byconservation department conducted morethan 5 years ago) Tier 1: Other


7.5 Comments


Invasive species There are no known woody invasivespecies in forested areas

N/A


N/A


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8. How much forest area is damaged each year?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Number of fires Number of fires per year

Burned area Area burned per year

Outbreaks of insects A detectable reduction in forest health caused by a sudden increase in numbers of harmful insects.

Outbreaks of diseases A detectable reduction in forest health caused by a sudden increase in numbers of harmful pathogens,such as bacteria, fungi, phytoplasma or virus.

Severe weather events Damage caused severe weather events, such as snow, storm, drought, etc.



1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

8.2.3 Original data




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8.4 DataTable 8a

000 ha, number of fires

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Category

000 ha # 000 ha # 000 ha # 000 ha # 000 ha #

Totalland areaburned

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

... ofwhichforestareaburned


2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Category

000 ha # 000 ha # 000 ha # 000 ha # 000 ha #

Totalland areaburned


... ofwhichforestareaburned


Table 8b

Outbreak category Description/name Year(s) of latest outbreak Area damaged (000 hectares)

Severe weather events Tropical Storm Tomas 2010 0.5

N/A N/A N/A N/A


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N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

Outbreak category

1 Insects

2 Diseases

3 Severe weather events

Tiers

Category Tier for status Tier for trend

Area affected by fire N/A N/A

• Insects• Diseases• Severe weather events

Tier 3 Tier 3

Tier criteria


Burned area Tier 3 : National fire monitoring routinesTier 2 : Remote sensing surveys Tier 1 :Other


• Insects• Diseases• Severe weather events

Tier 3 : Systematic survey (e.g. viainventory or aerial damage assessment)Tier 2 : Management records Tier 1 :Other


8.5 Comments



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Burned area No burned areas within Forests. Alsono burned area which was not caused byhuman behaviors.

No data available for this question

Insects N/A No data available for this question

Diseases N/A No data available for this question

Severe weather events In recent times only hurricane Tomas hascaused significant damage to the forestarea

N/A


N/A


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9. What is the forest area with reduced canopy cover?Documents for this question:


Category Definition

Reduction in canopycover

Forest that has undergone a reduction of canopy cover of more than 20% between the years 2000 and2010 within the forest canopy cover range of 30-80% as detected by the MODIS VCF sensor.

Table 9

Category Area of forest with reduced canopy cover (000 ha)


4.29

Tiers

Category Tier for reported trend


Tier 2

Tier criteria

Category Tier for reported trend


Tier 3 : Remote sensing with ground truthing and/or Landsat imagery Tier 2 : Remote sensing usingModis (using pre-filled data provided by FAO) Tier 1 : Expert opinion

Comments

Category Comments related to data definitions etc


There is no significant reduction of canopy cover

Other general comments




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10. What forest policy and regulatory framework exists to support implementation ofsustainable forest management SFM?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Policies supportingsustainable forestmanagement

Policies or strategies that explicitly encourage sustainable forest management.

Legislation andregulations supportingsustainable forestmanagement

Legislation and regulations that govern and guide sustainable forest management, operations and use.



1 Forest Soil and WaterConservation Ordinance 1946

N/A 1946, 1983 Amended in 1983

2 Wildlife Conservation Act1980

N/A 1980 N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

10.2.3 Original data




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10.3 DataTable 10

Sub-nationalCategoryNational

Regional Provincial/State Local

Policies supportingsustainable forestmanagement

yes no no no

... of which, in publiclyowned forests

yes no no no

... of which, in privatelyowned forests

yes no no no

Legislation andregulations supportingsustainable forestmanagement

yes no no no

... of which, in publiclyowned forests

yes no no no

... of which, in privatelyowned forests

yes no no no

10.4 Comments

Variable / category Comments related to data definitions etc

Policies supporting sustainable forest management N/A

Legislation and regulations supporting sustainable forestmanagement

N/A



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11. Is there a national platform that promotes stakeholder participation in forest policydevelopment?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

National stakeholderplatform

A recognized procedure that a broad range of stakeholders can use to provide opinions, suggestions,analysis, recommendations and other input into the development of national forest policy.


References to sources of information Years Additional comments

1 Ministry's strategic plan N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A

Table 11Is there a national platform that promotes or allows forstakeholder participation in forest policy development?

yes

11.3 Comments


National stakeholder platform N/A





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12. What is the forest area intended to be in permanent forest land use and how has itchanged over time?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Forest area intended to bein permanent forest landuse

Forest area that is designated or expected to be retained as forest and is highly unlikely to be convertedto other land use.

...of which permanentforest estate (sub-category)

Forest area that is designated by law or regulation to be retained as forest and may not be converted toother land use.



1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A


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12.4 DataTable 12

Categories Forest area 2010 (000 ha)

Forest area intended to be in permanentforest land use

20.6

... of which permanent forest estate N/A

Tiers

Category Tier for status

Forest area intended to be in permanent forest land use Tier 2

Permanent forest estate N/A

Tier Criteria


Forest area intended to be in permanent forest land use Tier 3 : National or sub-national land use plans strategydocuments or other reports within the past 10 years Tier 2 :National or sub-national land use plans strategy documents orother reports within the past 20 years Tier 1 : Other

Permanent forest estate Tier 3 : National or sub-national land use plans strategydocuments or other reports within the past 10 years Tier 2 :National or sub-national land use plans strategy documents orother reports within the past 20 years Tier 1 : Other

12.5 Comments


Forest area intended to be in permanent forest land use Same data as used in question 1

Permanent forest estate N/A


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13. How does your country measure and report progress towards SFM at the nationallevel?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Forest area monitoredunder a national forestmonitoring framework

Forest area monitored by a national monitoring framework or systems that provide measurement basedperiodic monitoring of forest extent and quality.

Forest reporting atnational scale

National reporting of forest extent and characteristics that includes some measure of progress towardsustainable forest management.



1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

13.3 DataTable 13a




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Check all boxes that apply

Category % of totalforest area

Mostrecent year

Continuous PeriodicPermanent

groundplots

Temporaryground

plots

Aerial/remotesensingsamplebased

Aerial/remote

sensing fullcoverage

Forestinventory

75 2009 yes yes

Other fieldassessments

N/A N/A

Updatesto othersources

N/A N/A

Expertestimate

N/A N/A

Table 13b

Type of forest reporting used at national scale Check boxes that apply

1 Criteria and Indicators reporting yes

2 Periodic national state of the forest report no

3 Other (please document)

4 None

Other type of forest reporting

N/A

13.4 Comments

Category Comments

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A



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14. What is the area of forest under a forest management plan and how is this monitored?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Forest area withmanagement plan

Forest area that has a long-term documented management plan, aiming at defined management goalswhich is periodically revised

...of which for production(sub-category)

Forest management plan mainly focused on production

...of which forconservation (sub-category)

Forest management plan mainly focused on conservation

Monitoring of forestmanagement plans

Government monitoring of forest management plan implementation conducted through field visits oraudits of forest management plan performance



1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

14.3 DataTable 14a

Forest plan type Forest area 2010 (000 ha)

Forest area with management plan 0

... of which for production N/A

... of which for conservation N/A

Table 14b

Indicate which (if any) of the following are required in forest management plans in your country

1 Soil and water management yes




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2 High conservation value forest delineation yes

3 Social considerations community involvement yes

Table 14c

Percent of area under forest management plan that is monitored annually N/A

Tiers


Forest area with management plan Tier 3

Percent of area under forest management plan that is monitoredannually

Tier 3

Tier criteria


Forest area with management plan Tier 3 : Reports that describe national records 5 years old or lessthat contain long-term forest monitoring plans Tier 2 : Industryor other records indicating the presence of a long-term forestmanagement plan Tier 1 : Other

Percent of area under forest management plan that is monitoredannually

Tier 3 : Government documentation of monitoring extent Tier 2: Reports from forest managers or other documental sources Tier1 : Other

14.4 Comments

Category Comments

Forest area with management plan While there are plans for the Forestry Department to producea Forest Management Plan the one that is currently being usedfor the Forest Reserves is outdated by approximately 10 years. Itwas produced by CIDA for the years 1992 - 2002

N/A N/A

N/A N/A



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15. How are stakeholders involved in the management decision making for publiclyowned forests?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Stakeholder involvement Stakeholder involvement is defined as significant inputs into at least one aspect of forest management atthe operational scale

Table 15

Please indicate the type of stakeholder involvement in forest management decision making required in your country

1. Planning phase yes

2. Operations phase yes

3. Review of operations no

Tiers


Type of stakeholder inputs Tier 2

Tier criteria


Type of stakeholder inputs Tier 3 : Government (national or sub-national) documentation ofstakeholder inputs Tier 2 : Government (national or subnational)requirement but stakeholder inputs not documented Tier 1 :Other

15.2 Comments

Category Comments

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A





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16. What is the area of forest under an independently verified forest certification scheme?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

FSC certification Forest area certified under the Forest Stewardship Council certification scheme

PEFC certification Forest area certified under the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme

Other international forestmanagement certification

Forest area certified under an international forest management certification scheme with publishedstandards and is independently verified by a third-party, excluding FSC and PEFC certification.

Certified forest areausing a domestic forestmanagement certificationscheme

Area certified under a forest management certification scheme with published standards that arenationally recognized and independently verified by a thirdparty

16.2 DataTable 16a

Forest area (000 ha)International forest

management certification2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

FSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PEFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

FSC 0 0 0 0 0 0

PEFC 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table 16b

Forest area (000 ha)Domestic forest

management certification2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0




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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

Tier criteria


International forest management certification Tier 3: International forest management scheme recordsmaintained by the certifying organization for the reporting yearTier 2: International forest management scheme records reportedby the certifying organization for a period 2 years prior to thereporting year Tier: 1 Other

Domestic forest management certification Tier 3: National registry reports for domestic forest managementcertification maintained by the certifying organization for thereporting year Tier 2: Domestic forest management schemerecords reported by the certifying organization for a period 2years prior to the reporting year Tier: 1 Other

Tiers


International forest management certification N/A

Domestic forest management certification N/A

16.3 Comments


Certified forest area using an international forest managementcertification scheme

N/A

Domestic forest management certification N/A



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17. How much money do governments collect from and spend on forests?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Forest revenue All government revenue collected from the domestic production and trade of forest products andservices. For this purpose revenue include:• Goods : roundwood; sawnwood; biomass; woodbased panels; pulp and paper and non-wood forest

products.• Services : including concession fees and royalties, stumpage payments, public timber sales revenue

taxes and charges based on forest area or yield, taxes on domestic trade and export of forest products,special levies on forestry activities and payments into forest related funds, other miscellaneousinspection, licence and administrative fees levied by forest administrations, permit and licence feesfor recreation and other forest related activities.

Public expenditure onforestry

All government expenditure on forest related activities.



1 Data from the Ministryof Agriculture, ForestryFisheries General AccountsUnit

N/A 2005, 2010 N/A

2 Government of SaintLucia Book of Estimates,2000-2001, 2005-2006 and2010-2011

N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

17.3 DataTable 17

Revenues / expenditures (000 local currency)Category

2000 2005 2010

Forest revenue N/A 282.578 228.662

Public expenditure on forestry N/A 2166.26 2850.764

2000 2005 2010




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Name of Local Currency Eastern Caribbean Dollars(XCD)

N/A N/A

17.4 Comments


Forest revenue N/A

Public expenditure on forestry N/A

Other general comments N/A



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18. Who owns and manages the forests and how has this changed?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Public ownership Forest owned by the State or administrative units of the public administration or by institutions orcorporations owned by the public administration.

...of which owned by thestate at national scale(sub-category)

Forest owned by the State at the national scale or administrative units of the public administration or byinstitutions or corporations owned by the public administration.

...of which owned by thestate at the sub-nationalgovernment scale (sub-category)

Forest owned by the State at the sub-national government scale or administrative units of the publicadministration or by institutions or corporations owned by the public administration.

Private ownership Forest owned by individuals, families, communities, private cooperatives corporations and otherbusiness entities, private, religious and educational institutions, pension or investment funds, NGOs,nature conservation associations and other private institutions.

...of which individuals(sub-category)

Forest owned by individuals and families.

...of which privatebusiness entities andinstitutions (sub-category)

Forest owned by private corporations cooperatives companies and other business entities as well asprivate nonprofit organizations such as NGOs nature conservation associations, and private religiousand educational institutions etc.

...of which local tribal andindigenous communities(sub-category)

Forest owned by a group of individuals belonging to the same community residing within or in thevicinity of a forest area or forest owned by communities of indigenous or tribal people The communitymembers are coowners that share exclusive rights and duties and benefits contribute to the communitydevelopment.

Unknown ownership Forest area where ownership is unknown includes areas where ownership is unclear or disputed.

Categories related tomanagement rights

of public forestsDefinition

Public Administration The Public Administration (or institutions or corporations owned by the Public Administration) retainsmanagement rights and responsibilities within the limits specified by the legislation.

Individuals households Forest management rights and responsibilities are transferred from the Public Administration toindividuals or households through long-term leases or management agreements.

Private companies Forest management rights and responsibilities are transferred from the Public Administration tocorporations, other business entities private cooperatives, private nonprofit institutions and associations,etc., through long-term leases or management agreements.

Communities Forest management rights and responsibilities are transferred from the Public Administration to localcommunities (including indigenous and tribal communities) through long-term leases or managementagreements.

Other form ofmanagement rights

Forests for which the transfer of management rights does not belong to any of the categories mentionedabove.

18.2 National data




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18.2.1 Data sources


1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A





18.4 DataTable 18a


1990 2000 2005 2010


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Public ownership 7.4 7.4 7.4 9.3

... of which ownedby the state atnational scale

N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which ownedby the state atthe sub-nationalgovernment scale

N/A N/A N/A N/A

Private ownership 13.8 13.8 13.5 11.3

... of which ownedby individuals

N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which ownedby private businessentities andinstitutions

N/A N/A N/A N/A

... of which ownedby local, tribaland indigenouscommunities

0 0 0 N/A

Unknownownership

0.6 0 0 0

TOTAL 21.80 21.20 20.90 20.60

Tiers


Public ownership Tier 3 Tier 2

Private ownership Tier 2 Tier 1

Unknown ownership Tier 1 Tier 1

Tier criteria


Ownership Tier 3: National forestry statistics registersof land titles or maps on land ownershipor all forest area under one ownershipcategory that is five years old or less. Tier2:National forestry statistics registers ofland titles or maps on land ownership orquestionnaires that are more than fiveyears old. Tier 1: Other


Table 18b - Holder of management rights of public forests


1990 2000 2005 2010


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Public Administration 7.4 7.4 7.4 9.3

Individuals 0 0 0 0

Private companies 0 0 0 0

Communities 0 0 0 0

Other 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 7.40 7.40 7.40 9.30

Category Tier for reported trend Tier for status

Public Administration Tier 3 N/A

Individuals Tier 1 N/A

Private companies Tier 1 N/A

Communities Tier 1 N/A

Other Tier 1 N/A

18.5 Comments


Public ownership The forest reserve of 9.3 ha is managedby the government.

N/A

Private ownership Private forests are not really managed butjust sits as undeveloped lands

N/A

Unknown ownership N/A N/A

Management rights N/A N/A


N/A


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19. How many people are directly employed in forestry?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Full-time equivalents(FTE)

A measurement equal to one person working full-time during a specified reference period.

Employment in forestry Employment in activities related to production of goods derived from forests. This category correspondsto the ISIC/NACE Rev. 4 activity A02 (Forestry and logging).



1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A



N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A


19.3 DataTable 19

Category Employment (000 years FTE)




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1990 2000 2005 2010

Employment inforestry

N/A N/A N/A 0.072

... of which female N/A N/A N/A 0.026

19.4 Comments


Employment in forestry N/A N/A


N/A


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20. What is the contribution of forestry to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?Documents for this question:



Category Definition

Gross value added fromforestry (at basic prices)

This category corresponds to the ISIC/NACE Rev. 4 activity A02 (Forestry and logging).

20.2 DataTable 20 (Pre-filled data from UNdata/EUROSTAT)

Category Million Currency Year for latestavailable information

Gross value added fromforestry (at basic prices)

1 EC dollar 2010

20.3 Comments

Category Comments

N/A N/A





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21. What is forest area likely to be in the futureDocuments for this question:



Category Definition

Government target/aspiration for forest area

Government target/aspiration for forest area for a specific year.

Forests earmarked forconversion

Forest area that is allocated/classified or scheduled to be converted into non-forest uses.



1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

21.3 DataTable 21a

Forest area (000 ha)Category

2020 2030

Government target/aspiration for forestarea

N/A N/A

Table 21b

Forest area (000 ha)Category

2013

Forests earmarked for conversion 0

21.4 Comments

Category Comments

Government target/aspiration for forest area N/A




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Forests earmarked for conversion N/A
