Table 1 Forest and industrial plantations (oil-palm and pulpwood combined) area and change by country.
Areas (in Ha) | Borneo | Kalimantan | Sabah | Sarawak | Brunei |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total land area | 73,719,011 | 53,342,225 | 7,396,621 | 12,400,501 | 579,664 |
Forest area in 1973 | 55,836,571 | 40,325,220 | 5,833,479 | 9,224,349 | 453,523 |
Non forest area in 1973 | 16,349,575 | 11,918,546 | 1,233,951 | 3,090,837 | 106,241 |
Forest area loss (Deforestation): | |||||
1973–2000 | 13,933,352 | 11,489,956 | 1,398,721 | 1,007,064 | 37,611 |
2000–2005 | 900,575 | 495,872 | 141,634 | 261,334 | 1735 |
2005–2010 | 1,969,608 | 1,140,535 | 204,522 | 621,352 | 3,199 |
2010–2015 | 1,847,258 | 1,228,226 | 117,498 | 497,443 | 4091 |
Total deforestation (1973–2015) | 18,650,793 | 14,354,589 | 1,862,375 | 2,387,193 | 46,636 |
Intact forest area in 2015 | 20,531,822 | 16,798,025 | 1,647,149 | 1,756,476 | 330,172 |
Logged forest area in 2015 | 16,802,893 | 9,323,126 | 2,322,139 | 5,080,871 | 76,757 |
Total forest area in 2015 | 37,334,715 | 26,121,151 | 3,969,288 | 6,837,347 | 406,929 |
Area of plantations in 1973 | 132,809 | 0 | 128,047 | 4,762 | 0 |
Plantations expansion: | |||||
1973–1990 | 952,979 | 247,205 | 601,175 | 104,599 | 0 |
1990–1995 | 1,014,415 | 613,133 | 279,000 | 122,282 | 0 |
1995–2000 | 1,510,327 | 781,011 | 382,608 | 346,004 | 704 |
2000–2005 | 858,764 | 484,981 | 136,777 | 236,730 | 276 |
2005–2010 | 2,568,834 | 1,882,201 | 132,852 | 552,790 | 991 |
2010–2015 | 2,208,196 | 1,690,168 | 118,049 | 399,325 | 654 |
Total expansion (1973–2015) | 9,113,515 | 5,698,699 | 1,650,461 | 1,761,730 | 2,625 |
Total Area of plantations in 2015 | 9,246,324 | 5,698,699 | 1,778,508 | 1,766,492 | 2,625 |
Total forest area converted to plantations within five years of clearance* (1973–2015) | 4,537,052 | 2,113,815 | 1,086,468 | 1,334,168 | 2,601 |
Total forest area cleared more than five years before plantations were established (1973–2015) | 1,798,114 | 1,623,829 | 71,555 | 102,720 | 10 |
Total forest area cleared within five years or between five and ten years before plantations were established | 282,922 | 211,294 | 38,630 | 32,988 | 10 |
Total forest area converted to plantations during 1973–2015 | 6,968,935 | 4,276,910 | 1,212,447 | 1,476,957 | 2,621 |
Total area of land lacking forest cover in 1973 and converted to plantations (1973–2015) | 1,784,453 | 1,258,184 | 243,740 | 282,526 | 3 |
Total scrub area (i.e. forests severely degraded by fire) converted to plantations (1973–2015) | 1,469,717 | 1,402,115 | 48,310 | 19,292 | 0 |
