Nepal Forest Information and Data

                                               Nepal Forest Information and Data

              25.4% or about 3,636,000 ha of Nepal is forested, according to FAO. Of this 1.2% ( 43,000 ha ) is classified as primary forest, the most biodiverse and carbon-dense form of forest. Nepal had 43,000 ha of planted forest.

           Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2010, Nepal lost an average of 59,050 ha or 1.23% per year. In total, between 1990 and 2010, Nepal lost 24.5% of its forest cover, or around 1,181,000 ha.

Nepal's forests contain 485 million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass.

          Biodiversity and Protected Areas: Nepal has some 1240 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles according to figures from the World Conservation Monitoring Center. Of these, 2.9% are endemic, meaning they exist in no other country, and 5.6% are threatened. Nepal is home to at least 6973 species of vascular plants, of which 4.5% are endemic. 7.6% of Nepal is protected under IUCN categories I-V.
The following contains data relating to forest cover in Nepal

Nepal: Forest Cover, 2010

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Total Land Area (1000 square kilometers)	14300
Total Forest Area (1000 ha)	3636
Percent Forest Cover	25
Primary Forest Cover (1000 ha)	526
Primary Forest, % total forest	14
Other wooded land (1000 ha)	1897
Percent other wooded land	13

Nepal: Breakdown of forest types, 2010

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Primary forest (1000 ha | % of forest area)	526	14
Other naturally regenerated forest (1000 ha | % of forest area)	3067	84
Planted Forest (1000 ha | % of forest area)	43	1

Nepal: Trends in Total (Net) Forest Cover, 1990-2010

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TOTAL FOREST COVER (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
4817	3900	3636	3636
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-92	-53	0
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-2.09	-1.39	0

Nepal: Trends in Natural Forest Cover (Deforestation), 1990-2010

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FOREST COVER (excluding planted forests) (1000 ha)
1990	2000	2005	2010
4777.0	3858.0	3593.0	3593.0
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-92	-92.0	-27.0
ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2005-2010
	-1.9	-1.9	-0.7