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Agency Strategic Goal:

The World's Environment Protected for Long Term

Sustainability

Indicators:

(a) *Average annual change in total forest area (percent

change and in square kilometers); (b)*** Avg. annual change

in natural forest area; (c)*** Avg. annual change in

plantation forest area.

Source:

FAO, State of the Worlds Forests, 1997; World Development

Indicators (Table 3.1); USAID calculations

Performance Goal 6:

Loss of forest area

YEAR

1995

1999

*

slowed.

%

%

change

change

km

2

km

2

PLANNED

 0.35%

36,720

ACTUAL

 0.36%

 38,250

Note: Total forest area includes both

AFR

PLN

 0.76

natural forest and plantation area.

The

 8,730

change in natural forest include the

permanent conversion of natural forest

ACT

 0.79%

area to other uses, including shifting

 9,090

cultivation, permanent agriculture,

ranching, settlements, or infrastructure.

ANE

PLN

 0.64

Deforested areas do not include areas

 26,460

logged but intended for regeneration or

areas degraded by fuelwood gathering,

ACT

 0.67%

 27,560

acid precipitation, or forest fires.

Thus, these data do not reflect the full

LAC

PLN

 0.56

extent of forest and biodiversity losses

 86,270

through degradation.

FAO data may be

particularly unreliable due to differing

ACT

 0.58%

national definitions and reporting

 89,860

systems.

Data on total forest area

change is based on 1990 and 1995 figures,

and is expressed in square kilometers

ENI

PLN

(+0.07)

(+300 )

lost or gained.

ACT

+0.07%

+290

Comment:

**Since the most recently available information is from 1995,

projecting this to 1999 is difficult at best.

A nominal one percent per

year increase over four years of the growth rate is given for 1999.

For

example, if the forest cover loss rate is 10 in 1995, the 1999 figure

would be 9.6%.

If current data reporting remains the same, actual 1999

figures would not be available until 2003.

***Information for indicators (b) and (c) are not readily available for

inclusion in the FY 1999 Performance Plan.