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Planted Forests and Trees Working Paper Series No. 48
ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTION FROM
PLANTED FORESTS
Planted Forests and Trees Working Paper Series
Working Paper FP/48/E
ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTION FROM
PLANTED FORESTS
by
Jürgensen C., Kollert W., Lebedys A.
Forest Assessment, Management and Conservation Division
Forest Economics, Policy and Products Division
FAO Forestry Department
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2014
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Cover photo: Utility poles are harvested from a eucalyptus plantation in Uganda. Photo FAO.
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Contents
CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................................III
LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................................................ IV
LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................................... IV
PREFACE ..................................................................................................................................................... V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................... V
ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................................ VI
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................... VII
1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1
2 PLANTED FORESTS: TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ......................................................... 1
3 PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS ................................................................................................................ 3
3.1 ABARE/PÖYRY: GLOBAL OUTLOOK FOR PLANTATIONS (1999) ........................................................................... 3
3.2 FAO/BROWN: THE GLOBAL OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE WOOD SUPPLY FROM FOREST PLANTATIONS (2000) ..................... 4
3.3 CARLE/HOLMGREN: WOOD FROM PLANTED FORESTS – A GLOBAL OUTLOOK 2005–2030 (2008) ............................ 5
3.4 PENNA: PROJECTIONS ON WOOD SUPPLY FROM PLANTED FORESTS (2010) ............................................................ 5
3.5 FSC/INDUFOR: STRATEGIC REVIEW OF THE FUTURE OF FOREST PLANTATIONS (2012).............................................. 6
3.6 SYNTHESIS OF PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS ........................................................................................................... 7
4 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 8
4.1 DISTINCTION OF NATURAL FORESTS AND PLANTED FORESTS/PLANTATIONS ............................................................. 8
4.2 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD PRODUCING COUNTRIES ................................................................................ 8
4.3 APPLIED METHODOLOGICAL STEPS ................................................................................................................. 8
5 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................. 11
5.1 INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTION FROM PLANTATIONS ........................................................................... 11
5.1.1 Country level ................................................................................................................................... 11
5.1.2 Regional level ................................................................................................................................. 14
5.1.3 Global level ..................................................................................................................................... 15
5.1.4 Time-series estimates ...................................................................................................................... 15
5.2 INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTION FROM THE PLANTED COMPONENT OF SEMI-NATURAL FORESTS (SNPF) IN
TEMPERATE COUNTRIES .......................................................................................................................................... 16
5.3 THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTION FROM PLANTED FORESTS .................................................... 17
6 REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 19
6.1 GENERAL REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................... 19
6.2 STATISTICAL REFERENCES BY COUNTRY .......................................................................................................... 20
7 ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................................... 29
7.1 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS BY COUNTRY ............................................................................................................ 29
7.2 TIME SERIES DATA 2000-2012: INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD FROM FOREST PLANTATIONS ....................................... 30
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List of Tables
Table 1: Scope and concept of natural and planted forests ................................................................... 2
Table 2: Projections on industrial roundwood supply from plantations by region (ABARE/Pöyry) ....... 4
Table 3: The projected industrial roundwood production from forest plantations as a percentage of
total production (FAO/Brown) ................................................................................................................ 4
Table 4: Potential industrial roundwood production from planted forests (Carle/Holmgren) .............. 5
Table 5: Potential industrial roundwood production from forest plantations and SNPFs (Penna) ........ 6
Table 6: Estimates of industrial roundwood production from forest plantations in 2012 and 2050
(FSC/Indufor) ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Table 7: Summary of projections made in previous assessments .......................................................... 7
Table 8: Major producers of industrial roundwood in 2012 (32 priority countries) .............................. 9
Table 9: Industrial roundwood production in plantations in 2012 by country (ranked by production
volume) ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Table 10: Industrial roundwood production originating from plantations and SNPFs in temperate
countries ............................................................................................................................................... 17
List of Figures
Figure 1: Availability of data by country for estimating industrial roundwood production in forest
plantations ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Figure 2: The world’s top 10 producers of industrial roundwood from plantations in 2012 ............... 13
Figure 3: Production of industrial roundwood in plantations by regions in 2012 ................................ 14
Figure 4: Share (percent) of industrial roundwood originating from plantations by region ................ 14
Figure 5: Trends in industrial roundwood production from plantations in selected countries ........... 16
Figure 6: Assessment of the origin of the global industrial roundwood production in the year 2012 18
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Preface
Planted forests play an ever more important part in the global and regional economies to secure
industrial roundwood and wood fuel. In many developing countries, planted forests have formed the
structural basis for an increasing forest-based manufacturing and export sector. This report assesses
the production of industrial roundwood from planted forests and evaluates their significance for the
global industrial roundwood supply. The assessment was conducted by using national and
international primary and secondary data, some of which have not been published before. The report
focuses on forest plantations, providing data from 78 countries across five continents. As for semi-
natural planted forests (SNPF)
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, data could be estimated for 18 temperate-climate countries in
America, Asia and Europe.
The data and information given in this report have gone through a structured process of data
collection, processing, validation, compilation and analysis. In general, however, it must be stated that
many reporting countries found it difficult to provide reliable information on the origin or the sources
of their industrial roundwood production.
The report, together with previous outlook studies, may give policy- and decision-makers, investors,
and managers a better understanding of the key role that planted forest resources play in the provision
of wood products for national and global economies. The report has been produced as a joint project
between the Forest Assessment, Management and Conservation Division and the Forest Economics,
Policy and Products Division of the FAO Forestry Department. Data collection, analysis and
evaluation were conducted during a six-month period, from September 2013 to February 2014.
Acknowledgements
The data presented in this report were collected with the support of many national forestry experts.
They helped to verify and validate reported figures and estimates on industrial roundwood production,
and to fill existing data gaps. The authors would like to thank all contributors for their kind assistance
and vital collaboration. A list of all contributors by country is provided in Annex 7.1. We wish to
acknowledge also the support of Mr Jean-Christophe Claudon, ITTO, who provided country data from
the joint forest sector questionnaires, and Ms Yanshu Li, FAO, who provided useful comments and
information on Chinese data. The document was edited by Ms Miriam Jones.
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For a terminology of planted forests, please see Chapter 2.
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Acronyms
FRA
Global Forest Resources Assessments, carried out by FAO every five years, last in
2010, next in 2015.
JFSQ
Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire. An initiative of the International Tropical Timber
Organization (ITTO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE), FAO and EUROSTAT to collect statistics on the world timber market.
MAI
Mean annual increment. The average rate of production at any particular age of a
forest stand.
SNPF
Semi-natural planted forests: the planted component of semi-natural forests of
mainly native species established through planting, seeding or coppice.
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Summary and conclusions
1. Objective of the report. This report seeks to expand and improve the global forest resource
statistics by estimating the production of industrial roundwood from planted forests based on
official statistical sources, country reports and scientific literature, as well as data reported in
questionnaires and personal communication with national experts. Thereby, the report addresses
recommendations of the Third International Congress on Planted Forests, held in Estoril, Portugal,
in May 2013, which advised to strengthen the available statistics on wood production from planted
forests.
2. Scope of the report. Productive and protective plantations, together with semi-natural planted
forests (SNPFs), constitute the subgroup ‘planted forests’, as defined in FAO’s global forest
resources assessments 2010 and 2015. This report focuses on the industrial roundwood production
in forest plantations at country, regional and global level, and relates these data to the total
industrial roundwood production from all types of forest for the reference year 2012. It also
includes the production originating from SNPFs in order to cover the wider concept of planted
forests.
3. Wood production in planted forests. In many developing and developed countries, planted
forests have become a substantial component of the productive and protective forest resources and
play an ever more important part in securing both industrial roundwood and wood fuel. This report
complements and expands on previous assessments and outlook studies, and may give policy- and
decision-makers, investors and managers a better understanding of the key role that planted forest
resources play in the provision of wood products for national and global economies.
4. Previous assessments and outlook studies on the industrial roundwood production from
plantations are mainly based on scenario analysis, assumptions about the development of forest
plantation areas, and different growth and yield models. In summary, they indicate that forest
plantations have been providing between one third and half of the global industrial roundwood
production in the past decade, amounting to 500–800 million m3 of industrial roundwood. They
concur in predicting an increase in the area of forest plantations and, consequently, an increase in
the industrial roundwood production that originates from them.
5. The methodology of this assessment faced a number of challenges that had already cropped up in
previous studies. A major problem encountered was that the origin of the industrial roundwood
production in most countries was not recorded according to forest type (e.g. natural forest, planted
forest or forest plantation), but was rather reported as an aggregate volume for all types of forests.
To overcome this, the following methodological steps were applied in each particular country to
develop an accep and consistent dataset: (1) analysis and evaluation of data reported in the Joint
Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ); (2) additional consultation of statistical reports, previous
resource assessments, scientific literature and statistical online data; (3) conduct of a questionnaire
survey in 24 selected countries, for which no or only fragmentary data were available; (4) model
calculations in 12 temperate countries for which no data could be made available through steps 1–
3; and (5) a trend analysis covering the period 2000–2012 through time-series data estimated for
17 countries from the available dataset reported in the JFSQ. In general, it can be stated that the
depth and level of analysis applied in each country has largely been dependent on the significance
of this country for the global industrial roundwood production. Large producers have been
prioritized and evaluated more closely than smaller producers.
6. Industrial roundwood production in forest plantations by country. Data for the selected
reference year 2012 have been obtained from 78 countries. The top 10 producers of industrial
roundwood in forest plantations are Brazil (131.9 million m3), the United States of America (101.9
million m3), China (64.2 million m3), India (43.1 million m3), Chile (38.4 million m3), New
Zealand (27.5 million m3), Australia (19.2 million m3), South Africa (15.9 million m3), Thailand
(14.6 million m3) and Indonesia (12.5 million m3). They together produced 469 million m3, or 83
percent, of the global industrial roundwood production in plantations.
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7. Industrial roundwood production in forest plantations by region. In the reference year 2012,
the production of industrial roundwood in plantations was close to 200 million m3 in South
America (193 million m3), followed by Asia (151 million m3) and North and Central America (104
million m3). Oceania, Europe and Africa produced considerably less industrial roundwood in
plantations, ranging from 26 to 47 million m3. The share of industrial roundwood produced in
plantations as compared with total production differed considerably by region. South America and
Oceania produced more than 80 percent of their industrial roundwood in forest plantations.
European countries produced the lowest share (8 percent) of their industrial roundwood in
plantations, which may be due to the fact that important roundwood-producing countries in Europe
do not qualify their forests as plantations. North and Central America also reported a rather low
proportion (22 percent) of the regional roundwood production volume as originating from
plantations, even though quantitatively the production from plantations was high. Asia (43 percent)
and Africa (37 percent) both produced close to two fifths of their industrial roundwood in
plantations.
8. Global industrial roundwood production in plantations. The production volume originating
from plantations in 78 countries in the reference year 2012 is estimated at 562 million m3,
equivalent to one third (33 percent) of the global production of industrial roundwood from all
types of forests (1.683 billion m3). On a global level, the results of this study correspond to those
of previous assessments. However, the production volume of 562 million m3 is certainly a lower-
end estimate as it does not include a number of countries that have reported a significant planted
forest area but for which no data could be made available.
9. Trends. Times-series data for the period 2000–2012 on the industrial roundwood production from
plantations could be estimated for 17 countries based on available datasets and trend
extrapolations. The established time series illustrate three trends that recurred in all observed
countries. In many countries in Latin America and Asia, the industrial roundwood production from
plantations had increased considerably since 2000 (e.g. in Chile, China, Brazil, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Uruguay and Vietnam). In Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and
the United States of America, production in plantations increased as well, although at a
considerably slower pace. In European countries (Portugal, Spain and Turkey) and in South Africa,
the trend was basically stagnant since 2000, with some noticeable ups and downs during the
reference period.
10. Industrial roundwood production in SNPFs. In general, temperate countries produce a minor
share of industrial roundwood in plantations but a considerable volume in SNPFs, both of which
are usually reported collectively in national wood production statistics. Production data for SNPFs
could only be reported by five countries, while model calculations had to be applied in 12 other
temperate countries to estimate industrial roundwood production figures for SNPFs. The countries
observed produced in 2012 about 208 million m3 of industrial roundwood in SPNFs, equivalent to
37 percent (562 million m3) of the global production from plantations. In most of these countries
(e.g. Canada, Germany, Poland and Sweden), the industrial roundwood production from SNPFs by
far exceeded production in forest plantations.
11. Total global production of industrial roundwood in planted forests. Estimates on the global
industrial roundwood production from planted forests comprising plantations and SNPFs could be
ascertained for a total of 82 countries. The production volume is estimated at 770 million m3 for
the year 2012, which is equivalent to almost half (46 percent) of the industrial roundwood
production from all types of forests (1.683 billion m3). The industrial roundwood originating from
natural forests can be estimated by subtracting the production in planted forests from the total
production. It amounts to 913 million m3, equivalent to 54 percent of the global production for that
year.
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1 Introduction
The global area of planted forests increased considerably between 1990 and 2010, from 178 million ha to
264 million ha, a difference that corresponds to 7 percent of total forest area. During 2005–2010, the area
of planted forests expanded each year by about 5 million ha on average. This expansion has been mainly
achieved in Asian countries. The contribution of planted forests to addressing the major socioeconomic
and environmental challenges of our time – poverty alleviation, food security, renewable energy, climate
change and biodiversity conservation – is widely acknowledged. In many developing and developed
countries, planted forests have become a substantial component of the productive and protective forest
resources, and provide a considerable share of the industrial roundwood production (FAO, 2010; ICPF,
2013).
The Third International Congress on Planted Forests, held in Estoril, Portugal, in May 2013, noted in its
summary report that statistics on wood production from planted forests were incomplete and differed
widely (ICPF, 2013). As a consequence, this study has been conducted by the FAO Forestry Department
as part of its core work of collecting, evaluating and disseminating up-to-date data and information on the
forest sector and assessing status and trends in the development of global forest resources and industrial
roundwood production. The study seeks to expand and improve the global forest resource statistics by
estimating the current production of industrial roundwood from planted forests at national levels based on
actual reported and estimated production figures in each country. As such, the study provides a
quantitative baseline from which to assess future trends of wood supply from planted forests.
A number of earlier studies, which are summarized in Chapter 3, have provided estimates on the level of
industrial roundwood production from plantations and planted forests using modelling approaches based
on a range of assumptions. In summary, they have estimated that planted forests provide between one
third and half of the global industrial roundwood consumption during the past two decades
(ABARE/Pöyry, 1999; FAO/Brown, 2000; Carle and Holmgren, 2008; FSC/Indufor, 2012). This study,
in contrast, has systematically collected recent quantitative data on industrial roundwood production from
official statistical sources, country reports and scientific literature, as well as through questionnaires and
personal communication with national experts, in order to develop new estimates on the production of
industrial roundwood from planted forests and compare them with the results of previous studies.
2 Planted forests: terminology and definitions
Since 1980, FAO, through its Forest Resources Assessments (FRA), has been collecting data on forest
areas for two main categories of forests: natural forests and forest plantations. In 2005, the FRA
introduced two additional forest categories: modified natural forests and semi-natural forests (Evans,
2009), which resulted in five major forest categories based on the degree of human intervention and the
silvicultural method of forest regeneration: (1) primary forest; (2) modified natural forest; (3) semi-
natural forest, comprising natural and planted regeneration (SNPF); (4) plantations comprising productive
and protective plantations; and (5) trees outside forests (see Table 1).
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Table 1: Scope and concept of natural and planted forests
Natural forest
Planted forest
Non-forest
Primary
Modified natural
forests
Semi-natural forests
Plantations
Trees outside forest
(TOF)
Assisted natural
regeneration
Planted component
Productive
Protective
Forest of native
species, where there
are no clearly visible
indications of human
activity and
ecological processes
are not significantly
disturbed
Forest of naturally
regenerated native
species, where there
are clearly visible
indications of human
activity
Intensive silvicul-
tural management,
e.g. weeding,
fertilizing, thinning,
selective logging
Forest of native
species, established
through planting,
seeding, coppice
Forest of primarily
introduced and
native species,
established through
planting or seeding
mainly for produc-
tion of wood or non-
wood products
Forest of native or
introduced species,
established through
planting or seeding
mainly for provision
of environmental
services
Smaller than 0.5 ha;
tree cover in
agricultural land (e.g.
agroforestry), trees in
urban environments,
and scattered along
roads and in
landscapes
Source: Carle and Holmgren, 2008, modified and illustrated.
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Productive and protective plantations, together with SNPFs, constitute the subgroup ‘planted forests’, as
defined in FRA 2015
2
and used in this report. The planted component of SNPFs includes areas where
deliberate efforts are made to increase the proportion of desirable species, thus leading to changes in the
structure and composition of the forest, but still with the possible presence of naturally regenerated trees
from species other than those planted or seeded. The logic behind the creation of the planted forests
subgroup is that the planted component of SNPF, with its often intensive management, is not always
significantly different from that of forest plantations. Often, the only distinction is that SNPF are
composed of native species and continue the overall character and species composition of the previous
forest on the specific site. Plantations, on the other hand, often use planting stock of improved genetic
characteristics, are often managed through fertilization and apply similar methods of establishment (e.g.
regular spacing), tending, thinning and pruning; in addition, they have wood product outputs that are
uniform in size and technical specification (Evans, 2009).
In this report, the methodical focus is on assessing the industrial roundwood production from forest
plantations, for which data could be made available from 78 countries, and, to a lesser extent, on the
planted component of SNPF (the two boxed columns in Table 1). Most countries, in particular in
temperate regions, found it difficult to provide data on the proportion of the industrial roundwood
production originating from SNPF, for which data could only be reported by four countries, while data on
SNPF from 13 other temperate countries had to be estimated through model calculations.
Industrial roundwood from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) has become an important forest resource
in many Southeast Asian countries. The definitions of FRA 2015 include tropical rubber plantations in
the category of planted forests. However, the industrial roundwood production from rubber trees could
not be included in this report due to a lack of sufficiently recent and reliable data from key rubber-
producing countries. It should be noted, however, that this production is believed to be significant.
3 Previous assessments
Since 1999, several assessments on planted forests resources have been conducted by different authors,
with the primary aim of modelling the current and future wood supply from plantations and/or planted
forests and estimating the capacity of these forests in satisfying the estimated future wood demand. These
assessments have mainly based their calculations and assumptions on the data available for the global
planted forests area as reported in FAO’s global FRA, the recorded and presumed future establishment
rate of planted forests, and the recorded mean annual increment (MAI) of different species groups in
different geographic and climatic regions.
The methodology applied in previous studies is not comparable with that applied for this report, which
primarily used data reported by each country except those where information was incomplete and had to
be supplemented by assumptions based on the planted forest area and the MAI, or on official statistics on
the production of wood products.
The most significant publications on the assessment of industrial roundwood production covering the
period 1999–2012 are summarized below.
3.1 ABARE/Pöyry: global outlook for plantations (1999)
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) published a study in 1999
entitled the Global outlook for plantations. The report was designed to provide technical information for
the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF). Based on current and expected future rates of plantation
establishment, presumed future gains in plantation productivity, and presumed trends in demand for
plantation products, it assessed the most likely implications of plantation expansion on global wood
supply for individual regions up to the year 2040.
2
Planted forests are forested areas of more than 0.5 ha with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 per-
cent. They are predominantly (more than 50 percent of growing stock) composed of trees of native or introduced species estab-
lished through planting and/or deliberate seeding. They include coppice from trees that were originally planted or seeded, as well
as rubberwood plantations.
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The study was based on FAO’s FRA 1990 dataset, which was updated to 1995 in 1997, and used the
prevailing forest plantation definitions at that time, as detailed by FAO (FAO, 1998). The study estimated
that there would be a considerable increase in the global roundwood supply from 1.800 billion m3 in 2000
to 2.275 billion m3 in 2040, which would largely be met by production from plantations. Although the
productive forest plantation area was estimated at only 116 million ha, or about 3 percent of the global
forest area, in the year 2000, the study predicted that plantations would meet 35 percent of the global
roundwood supply in that year, rising to 44 percent by 2020 and 46 percent by 2040 (see Table 2). In
quantitative terms, this indicates that the industrial roundwood production from plantations would
increase by 67 percent, from 624 million m3 in 2000 to 1043 million m3 in 2040.
Table 2: Projections on industrial roundwood supply from plantations by region (ABARE/Pöyry)
million m3
% of total roundwood supply
2000
2020
2040
2000
2020
2040
Africa
16
38
41
20
39
40
Asia
112
213
229
32
46
48
Europe
236
334
355
46
53
55
North America
145
225
251
22
29
31
Oceania
27
42
44
55
66
67
South America
88
117
123
63
65
66
World
624
969
1 043
35
44
46
Source: ABARE/Pöyry, 1999.
3.2 FAO/Brown: the global outlook for future wood supply from forest plantations
(2000)
This report was produced in 1999 as part of FAO’s broader Global forest products outlook study
(GFPOS) (FAO/Brown, 2000). The main objectives of the GFPOS were to assess the current status and
future trends in forest plantation establishment, to evaluate economic and policy issues associated with
forest plantation development, and to predict potential wood supply and demand, including an assessment
of the potential wood supply from forest plantations.
The study was also based on FAO’s FRA 1990 dataset, and also used the prevailing forest plantation
definitions at that time, as detailed by FAO (1998). It was estimated that in the year 1995, 124 million ha
of forest plantations (3.5 percent of the global forest area) had yielded more than 22 percent of the global
industrial roundwood production, and that this number would increase to 31–34 percent by 2010, to 46
percent by 2020, and to 64 percent by 2050, depending on the forest plantation production scenario and
extrapolation of industrial roundwood consumption (see Table 3).
Table 3: The projected industrial roundwood production from forest plantations as a percentage of
total production (FAO/Brown)
Forest plantation
scenario
Estimated share
in 1995 (%)
Estimated future share (%)
2010
2020
2050
Scenario 1
22.2
30.6
31.5– 32.5
19.7–29.6
Scenario 2
22.2
31.2
34.1–35.1
28.0–37.0
Scenario 3
22.2
34.1
45.1–46.5
48.4–64.0
Source: FAO/Brown, 2000, p. 101.
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3.3 Carle/Holmgren: wood from planted forests – a global outlook 2005–2030
(2008)
This outlook study investigated the global industrial roundwood supply from the wider concept of
‘planted forests’ as opposed to previous studies focusing on forest plantations. The baseline data for the
study were obtained from a survey on the status of planted forests in 61 countries, representing about 95
percent of the estimated global planted forest area of 271 million ha in 2005, and comprising 128.1
million ha of forest plantations and 132.4 million ha of SNPF (Penna, 2010). The questionnaire survey
collected in-depth information about planted forests in each country, including species distribution,
ownership, end-use of removals, rotation lengths, MAI and age-class distribution.
Based on these data, model calculations for three scenarios were developed on the potential wood supply
from planted forests for the period 2005–2030. These scenarios took into consideration potential changes
in the planted forest area (mainly through new plantings), as well as opportunities for increased
productivity resulting from more efficient management practices, new technology and genetic
improvements. Input data missing from the country survey and missing data for area, efficiency and
productivity changes were completed by expert estimates. The major results of the model calculations
indicate that:
the area of planted forests is expected to increase in all given scenarios;
the potential industrial wood production in 2005 from planted forests was estimated at 1.2 billion
m3, or about two thirds of the overall wood production in that year;
the total wood production from planted forest for industrial use will increase considerably from
1.2 billion m3 in 2005 to 1.39, 1.48 and 1.89 billion m3 respectively in the three scenarios in 2030
(see Table 4); and
the proportion of wood for industrial use (comprised of the sum of the end-use categories
pulp/fiber and wood products) is about 85 percent of all wood from planted forests.
Table 4: Potential industrial roundwood production from planted forests (Carle/Holmgren)
2005
(million m3)
2030
(million m3)
Scenario 1
1 220
1 389
Scenario 2
1 220
1 477
Scenario 3
1 220
1 897
Source: Carle and Holmgren, 2008; modified to show data for
industrial roundwood production by subtracting fuelwood and harvesting
loss from totals.
3.4 Penna: projections on wood supply from planted forests (2010)
In 2010, Penna re-analysed the database of the Carle/Holmgren study of 2008 and estimated new results
by splitting the scenario projections for the category ‘planted forests’ into two distinct subgroups for (a)
forest plantations and (b) SNPFs. The results indicate that the industrial roundwood production from
forest plantations would increase considerably up to 2030 to constitute 69–74 percent of the total
industrial roundwood production from planted forests (see Table 5). The production from SNPFs, on the
other hand, is predicted to decline in scenarios 1 and 2 and to only show a slight increase in scenario 3.
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Table 5: Potential industrial roundwood production from forest plantations and SNPFs (Penna)
2005
(million m3)
2030
(million m3)
Forest
plantations
Scenario 1
736
965
Scenario 2
736
1 042
Scenario 3
736
1 401
SNPFs
Scenario 1
484
424
Scenario 2
484
435
Scenario 3
484
496
Total
Scenario 1
1 220
1 389
Scenario 2
1 220
1 477
Scenario 3
1 220
1 897
Source: Penna, 2010, p. 67–68; modified to show data for industrial roundwood production
by subtracting fuelwood and harvesting loss from totals. Note that the totals correspond to
total production in the Carle/Holmgren study.
3.5 FSC/Indufor: Strategic review of the future of forest plantations (2012)
This review conducted by Indufor on behalf of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) investigated the
impact of a number of parameters, e.g. forest ownership patterns and investment trends, on the future
extent and significance of forest plantations, and, based on these assumptions, assessed the global wood
supply from forest plantations in 2012, 2022 and 2050. Forest plantations in this context included
productive industrial forest plantations of fast-growing and high-yielding tree species, as well as
intensively managed plantations with slow growth and longer rotation cycles.
Forecasts on wood supply from forest plantations were developed for three different scenarios (scenario 1
– baseline; scenario 2 – optimistic; scenario 3 – theoretical maximum). The three scenarios were based on
presumed average growth rates in the plantation areas, MAI for different plantation tree species, and
regional default coefficients that were based on the difference between the theoretically possible annual
allowable cut from plantations in each region and the existing data on the actually realized cut (the global
average of the coefficient being 0.40). While the three scenarios are similar in their assumptions on the
growing stock and productivity of existing plantations, they display a high variance in their assumptions
on the productivity of new plantation areas and on the future rotation periods of plantations.
In summary, the study estimates the production of industrial roundwood from forest plantations at
520 million m3 in 2012, which, by comparison with FAOSTAT figures, corresponds to 31.4 percent of
the total global industrial roundwood production of that year (1.657 billion m3). It predicts that the
production level may by 2050 increase to about 1.082 billion m3 under the baseline scenario, to
1.491 billion m3 in the optimistic scenario, and may even reach 1.988 billion m3 in the maximum yield
scenario (see Table 6). The production increase in all three scenarios is predicted to be driven mainly by a
projected growth in plantation area supported by productivity gains due to improved clonal technology,
fertilization, better silviculture and management, and improvements in harvesting and recovery
techniques.
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Table 6: Estimates of industrial roundwood production from forest plantations in 2012 and 2050
(FSC/Indufor)
2012 estimate
(million m3)
2050 estimate
(million m3)
Scenario 1
520
1 082
Scenario 2
520
1 491
Scenario 3
520
1 988
Source: FSC/Indufor, 2012.
3.6 Synthesis of previous assessments
The previous assessments of industrial roundwood production in terms of scope mainly relate to forest
plantations, except for the studies by Carle/Holmgren (2008) and Penna (2010), which include SNPFs.
The assessments are based on a varying number of scenario definitions, on assumptions about the
development of forest plantation areas, and on different growth and yield models. Consequently, they
have produced different results ranging from about 500 million to 800 million m3 of industrial
roundwood originating from forest plantations (see Table 7). In summary, they indicate that forest
plantations have been providing between one third and half of the global industrial roundwood
production during the past decade.
Table 7: Summary of projections made in previous assessments
Study
Estimates on the global production of industrial
roundwood from forest plantations (1 000 m3)
2005
2010
2012
ABARE/Pöyry (1999)
Approx. 7101
Approx. 7971
Approx. 8041
FAO/Brown (2000)
-
Approx. 5042
-
Penna (2010) based on
Carle/Holmgren (2008)
736
698–7423
-
FSC/Indufor (2012)
-
-
520
1) Figures extrapolated between 2000 and 2020.
2) Mean value of scenarios 1 to 3 multiplied by total industrial roundwood production of 2010
(1.577 billion m3)
3) Penna, 2010, p. 67–68. Range of scenarios 1 to 3 minus fuelwood and harvesting loss.
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4 Methodology
4.1 Distinction of natural forests and planted forests/plantations
In tropical and subtropical regions, the distinction between natural forests and planted forests or forest
plantations is straightforward, as most plantations are based on single, non-native species stands, even
age classes, short rotations and intensive management. Consequently, the origin of industrial roundwood
and the proportion originating from natural forests and plantations can, in many cases, be fairly easily
determined as plantation species are often accounted for separately in the available country reports.
In some tropical countries, e.g. the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam, temporary or
permanent logging bans have been imposed in natural forests following periods of heavy deforestation
and overlogging. These bans have often made forest plantations besides wood imports the only legal
sources of industrial roundwood for local wood processing industries. In some cases, e.g. Thailand, the
production of industrial roundwood from plantations had to be estimated from the national output of
wood products in relation to roundwood imports, as no other data were found.
In temperate and boreal regions, native species may be grown in planted forests and plantations on long
rotations and in mixed-species and mixed-age plantings. Natural forests and planted forests may often be
so similar that they are indistinguishable. Consequently, most national forestry agencies in temperate
countries do not collect separate data on the industrial roundwood originating from natural or planted
forests. In fact, most countries, with very few exceptions, find it difficult to identify the origin of the
produced timber and to report accordingly.
For this report, the industrial roundwood production originating from intensively managed plantations of
native and introduced species has been reported from the temperate regions of the United States of
America, Australia and southwestern France, from coniferous plantations introduced in the UK and
Denmark, and from poplar and willow plantations cultivated in 13 member countries of the International
Poplar Commission (2012).
4.2 Major industrial roundwood producing countries
Throughout the data retrieval process, the depth and level of analysis applied in each country have largely
been dependent on the significance of each country for global industrial roundwood production. Thus,
large producers have been prioritized and evaluated more closely than smaller producers. In the reference
year 2012, 32 countries combined supplied more than 90 percent of the global industrial roundwood
production from natural and planted forests (see Table 8). A clear priority in terms of data analysis was
assigned to these countries to estimate the global industrial roundwood production originating from
planted forests.
4.3 Applied methodological steps
The assessment of the industrial roundwood production from planted forests faced a number of
challenges that had already cropped up in previous studies. A major problem encountered was that in
most countries the origin of industrial roundwood production is not recorded according to forest type (e.g.
natural forest, planted forest or forest plantation). In general, industrial roundwood production is reported
and presented as an aggregate volume from all types of forests. In some countries, at least, the production
volume originating from coniferous forests is distinguished from that originating from hardwoods.
Further, consistent time-series data were lacking in the consulted JFSQ and other statistical sources for
most countries.
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Table 8: Major producers of industrial roundwood in 2012 (32 priority countries)
Countries
Industrial roundwood
production in 2012
(m3)
Share
(%)
Accumulated
share
(%)
Planted forest
area 2010
(1 000 ha)
1. USA
320 729 000
19.06
19.06
25 363
2. Canada
151 151 106
8.98
28.04
8 963
3. Brazil
146 804 000
8.72
36.76
7 418
4. China
144 035 300
8.56
45,32
77 157
5. Russian Federation
136 375 000
8.10
53.42
16 991
6. Sweden
63 000 000
3.74
57.17
3 613
7. Indonesia
62 605 500
3.72
60.89
3 549
8. India
45 957 000
2.73
63.62
10 211
9. Finland
44 614 134
2.65
66.27
5 904
10. Germany
42 862 602
2.55
68.81
5 283
11. Chile
39 133 600
2.33
71.14
2 384
12. Poland
32 001 443
1.90
73,04
8 889
13. France
29 806 136
1.77
74.81
1 633
14. New Zealand
27 469 368
1.63
76.44
1 812
15. Australia
23 759 000
1.41
77.86
1 903
16. Japan
18 479 000
1.10
78.95
10 326
17. Malaysia
17 823 000
1.06
80.01
1 807
18. Turkey
17 701 000
1.05
81.06
3 418
19. South Africa
15 906 387
0.95
82.01
1 763
20. Thailand
14 600 000
0.87
82.88
3 986
21. Czech Republic
13 467 000
0.80
83.68
2 635
22. Austria
12 831 218
0.76
84.44
n.a.
23. Spain
11 626 795
0.69
85.13
2 680
24. Latvia
11 356 587
0.67
85.80
628
25. Romania
10 935 713
0.65
86.45
1 446
26. Argentina
10 068 000
0.60
87.05
1 394
27. Portugal
9 671 236
0.57
87.63
849
28. Nigeria
9 418 000
0.56
88.19
382
29. United Kingdom
8 787 547
0.52
88.71
2 219
30. Norway
8 787 408
0.52
89.23
1 475
31. Belarus
8 072 600
0.48
89.71
1 857
32. Uruguay
7 937 394
0.47
90.18
978
Source: FAOSTAT and FRA, 2010.
In view of these challenges, the following methodological steps were applied in this study for each
particular country to develop an acceptable and consistent dataset for assessing the global industrial
roundwood production from forest plantations and from the planted component of SNPFs:
1. JFSQ. The data reported in the JFSQ for most countries did not provide a complete and
consistent time series for the observed period 2000–2012. Hence, this study makes no attempt to
estimate future global trends in wood supply from plantations under different scenarios, but
produces a one-year assessment for the reference year 2012, for which many countries had
reported data. In cases when no data had been reported for that year, data reported for previous
years were used to extrapolate the trend and estimate the figure for 2012.
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2. Additional sources. Analysis and evaluation of additional statistical reports, previous resource
assessments (e.g. country reports for FRA, 2010), scientific literature, and other statistical online
data (e.g. inventory data) provided by statistical bureaus and forestry agencies.
3. A survey carried out in 24 selected countries
3
with significant areas of planted forest and/or
significant production of industrial roundwood, for which no or only fragmentary data were
available. A one-page questionnaire was sent to the national correspondents for FRA 2015 or
other national forestry experts. The response rate was satisfactory at 67 percent. However, only
eight countries (33 percent) were able to determine the origin of the industrial roundwood
production as being from natural or planted forests.
4. Model calculations were applied in 12 temperate countries, which are included in the list of the
32 priority countries (Table 8), and for which no or only partial data could be made available
through steps 1–3. In these 12 countries, a simple model calculation had to be applied to account
for the considerable volume estimated to originate from SNPFs. This model calculation is based
on the area of planted forests, a conservative average MAI of 4 m3/ha/yr, and an average recovery
rate of 80 percent (20 percent harvesting loss), which resulted in an average production of 3.2
m3/ha/yr of industrial roundwood from planted forests in each country. Subsequently, reported
figures on the industrial roundwood production from plantations were deducted from the
calculated volume to avoid double counting. In the Russian Federation, the production of
industrial roundwood from planted forests was found to be negligible and was excluded from the
model calculations.
5. Trend analysis. Time-series data on the industrial roundwood production from plantations could
be estimated for only 17 countries by extrapolating the available dataset reported in the JFSQ to
cover as far as possible the period 2000–2012 (see Annex 7.2).
3
Austria, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia,
Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine.
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5 Results
5.1 Industrial roundwood production from plantations
5.1.1 Country level
Data on the industrial roundwood production in forest plantations in the reference year 2012 have been
obtained from 78 countries across five continents (see Figure 1 and Table 9). They include almost all of
the 32 priority countries listed in Table 8 except for Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, Japan,
Latvia, and the Russian Federation, for which no information on wood production in forest plantations
was available. The sources consulted for the assessment of industrial roundwood production data in each
of the 78 countries are documented in the country-specific reference list in Chapter 6.2.
Figure 1: Availability of data by country for estimating industrial roundwood production in forest
plantations
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Table 9: Industrial roundwood production in plantations in 2012 by country (ranked by
production volume)
Country
Industrial roundwood
production from
plantations
(m3)
Country
Industrial roundwood
production from
plantations
(m3)
Country
Industrial roundwood
production from
plantations
(m3)
1. Brazil
131 878 975
27. Tanzania, UR
1 034 765
53.Bulgaria
225 447
2. USA
101 934 282
28. Swaziland
1 000 000
54. Norway
219 685
3. China
64 239 744
29. Denmark
1 000 000
55. Gabon
213 250
4. India
43 059 944
30. Poland
950 601
56. Bangladesh
210 000
5. Chile
38 350 928
31. Myanmar
920 440
57. Ethiopia
150 000
6. New Zealand
27 453 946
32. Costa Rica
827 297
58. Panama
176 200
7. Australia
19 210 883
33. Venezuela
708 510
59. Côte d'Ivoire
130 000
8. South Africa
15 906 387
34. Colombia
700 000
60. Croatia
118 384
9. Thailand
14 600 000
35. Zambia
662 500
61. Ghana
105 286
10. Indonesia
12 530 000
36. Italy
656 800
62. Papua N. Guinea
100 000
11. Argentina
9 983 181
37. Peru
603 483
63. Sri Lanka
100 000
12. Portugal
9 564 947
38. Paraguay
558 902
64. Romania
81 341
13. France
9 300 000
39. Mexico
450 000
65. Togo
66 400
14. Uruguay
7 937 394
40. Morocco
448 000
66. Benin
62 000
15. Spain
6 000 000
41. Rwanda
432 000
67. El Salvador
54 259
16. UK
5 686 958
42. Iran, I.R
420 000
68. Canada
43 050
17. Malaysia
3 813 445
43. Congo
385 548
69. Belgium
32 930
18. Philippines
3 791 559
44. Serbia
375 049
70. South Sudan
12 857
19. Vietnam
3 700 000
45. Fiji
375 000
71. Germany
10 000
20. Turkey
3 500 000
46. Uganda
349 000
72. Trinidad/Tobago
10 000
21. Nigeria
3 300 000
47. Cuba
315 200
73. Uzbekistan
8 000
22. Hungary
2 906 000
48. Malawi
260 000
74. Guatemala
5 405
23. Ireland
2 375 654
49. Zimbabwe
259 200
75. Honduras
4 314
24. Ecuador
2 200 000
50. Solomon Islands
250 000
76. Lao PDRs
3 316
25. Sweden
1 150 000
51. Burundi
247 282
77. Suriname
2 000
26. Kenya
1 037 700
52. Cameroon
236 000
78. Iceland
2 000
TOTAL
561 983 629
Note on sources:
Numbers in italics (red): JFS questionnaires or country notes.
Numbers in non-italics (black): statistical reports in literature (see Chapter 7.2 for country-specific references).
Numbers in bold (blue): extrapolated to 2012 based on data from previous years.
The top 10 producers of industrial roundwood from plantations (see Table 9) are displayed in a bar-chart
in Figure 2. In 2012, these 10 countries together produced 83 percent of the global industrial roundwood
production from plantations, totalling about 469 million m3.
Brazil and the United States of America, the two largest producers, together produced about 43 percent
of the global industrial roundwood from plantations (~234 million m3) in 2012. The total industrial
roundwood production reported from Brazil in 2012 for all types of forest was 146.8 million m3, making
it the third-largest wood producer in the world (FAOSTAT). The 131.9 million m3 originating from
plantations made up 90 percent of the total wood supply in Brazil; consequently, only about 10 percent
appeared to originate from natural forests. The United States of America was the biggest producer of
industrial roundwood (320.7 million m3), if all types of forests are accounted for. Plantations growing
mainly in the southeastern states (the ‘southern pine belt’) supplied about 32 percent of this volume, at
101.9 million m3.
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Figure 2: The world’s top 10 producers of industrial roundwood from plantations in 2012
China was found to be the third-largest producer of industrial roundwood from plantations in 2012.
FAOSTAT in that year reported a total industrial roundwood production of 144 035 300 m3 from all
types of forests. Based on Chinese forest inventory reports for 2008 and 2013 and Chinese statistical
reports, it can be assumed that the volume of timber harvested from forest plantation in 2012 accounted
for about 45 percent of the total annual timber harvest. Based on these assumptions, the industrial
roundwood production from plantations was estimated at 64.2 million m3. The Chinese State Forestry
Administration (SFA) estimates that by 2020 the domestic supply of commercial timber from plantations
will increase to 80 percent of the national production due to large-scale plantation establishment
programmes that have been in place since the 1990s (SFA, 2009).
India was found to be the fourth-largest producer of industrial roundwood from plantations in 2012.
FAOSTAT reported a total industrial roundwood production of 45 957 000 m3 from all types of forests in
India. A significant share of this volume, about 43 million m3, is presumed to originate from private
plantations, farm forestry plantations and trees outside forests, as for forests under public ownership a
number of policies are in place to phase out the supply of wood for wood-based industries (FRA, 2010;
MOEFF, 2006a).
Chile is reported in FAOSTAT to be the 11th-largest industrial roundwood producer in 2012, with a total
production of 39,133,600 m3. Based on national statistical reports from Chile (CONAF, 2013), it has
been assumed that 98 percent of this production volume originated from plantations, which corresponds
to 38.3 million m3 industrial roundwood from plantations for that year.
In New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, almost all industrial roundwood is extracted from forest
plantations. Removals from natural forests in these countries were presumed negligible due to their
official protection status.
020 40 60 80 100 120 140
Indonesia
Thailand
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Chile
India
China
USA
Brazil
Million m3
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5.1.2 Regional level
An analysis of the country data by region indicates that the production of industrial roundwood in
plantations in 2012 was close to 200 million m3 in South America (193 million m3), followed by Asia
(151 million m3) and North and Central America (104 million m3). Oceania, Europe and Africa produced
considerably less industrial roundwood in plantations, ranging from 26 million to 47 million m3 (see
Figure 3).
Figure 3: Production of industrial roundwood in plantations by regions in 2012
The share of industrial roundwood produced in plantations as compared with that produced in all types of
forests is shown in Figure 4 by region. South America and Oceania produced more than 80 percent of
their total industrial roundwood in forest plantations, e.g. in eucalyptus and radiata pine plantations.
European countries produced the lowest share (8 percent) of its total industrial roundwood in plantations,
which may be due to the fact that important roundwood-producing countries do not qualify their forests
as plantations. North and Central America also reported a rather low proportion (22 percent) of the
regional roundwood production volume as originating from plantations, even though quantitatively the
production from plantations was high (see Figure 3). Asia (43 percent) and Africa (37 percent) both
produced close to two fifths of their industrial roundwood in plantations; however, the quantity produced
in forest plantations in these two regions differed considerably (see Figure 3).
Figure 4: Share (percent) of industrial roundwood originating from plantations by region
050 100 150 200
Africa
Europe
Oceania
North & Centr. Am.
Asia
South America
Million m3
020 40 60 80 100
Europe
North & Centr. Am.
Africa
Asia
Oceania
South America
Percent
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5.1.3 Global level
The production volume originating from plantations in 78 countries in the reference year 2012 is
estimated at 562 million m3 (see Table 9, total). For comparison, the global industrial roundwood
production from all types of forests in the same year amounted to 1.683 billion m3, as reported by
FAOSTAT. Hence the industrial roundwood production from plantations represented 33.4 percent, or one
third, of the global production of industrial roundwood from all types of forests. All temperate countries
included in the analysis produced 331 million m3 (59 percent), while all tropical countries produced 231
million m3 (41 percent).
It should be noted in this context that the production volume of 562 million m3 is certainly a lower-end
estimate. It does not include a number of countries that reported a significant planted forest area of more
than 100,000 ha (FAO, 2010), and in which forest plantations are very likely to grow, but for which no
data could be made available.
4
On a global level, the results of this study correspond well with those of previous assessments. The most
recent study by FSC/Indufor (2012) estimated a global industrial roundwood production of 520 million
m3 for 2012, which is 6.5 percent lower than the volume estimated in this study (562 million m3);
however, it should be noted in this context that the estimates of both studies vary considerably on country
level. The FAO/Brown outlook study (2000) projected a production of 504 million m3 of industrial
roundwood from plantations in 2010, which is more than 10 percent lower than the results of this study.
On the contrary, the studies by ABARE/Pöyry (1999) and by Penna (2010) estimated a much higher
production volume from forest plantations, ranging from about 700 million to 800 million m3 (see
Table 7).
5.1.4 Time-series estimates
For most countries it was not possible to give accep and consistent time-series estimates as the available
datasets were too fragmented for the observed period 2000–2012. Times-series data on the industrial
roundwood production from plantations could only be estimated for 17 countries for which reported data
were available for a period of several years. Missing years could be complemented by linear
extrapolation between those years for which data were available in order to cover the entire period
between 2000 and 2012, or a part thereof. The results are given in Annex 7.2.
The time series displayed for three countries in Figure 5 illustrate three trends that can be observed in
these 17 countries. In many countries in Latin America and Asia, the industrial roundwood production
from plantations had increased considerably since 2000, as shown in Figure 5 for Chile. Brazil, China,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Uruguay and Vietnam showed similar trend lines. In
Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America, the industrial roundwood
production in plantations had been increasing as well, although at a considerably slower pace (see trend
for New Zealand in Figure 5). In European countries (Portugal, Spain, and Turkey) and in South Africa
(Figure 5), the trend in industrial roundwood production had basically been stagnant since 2000, with
some noticeable ups and downs during this period.
In this context it should be noted that the three identified trend lines and the allocation of countries to
them is based on the reported and estimated production of previous years, which are not sui to make
predictions of future trends. Many countries that have considerably increased their production in the past
decade are now expected to stagnate in their production, while others that have historically been
expanding their wood production from plantations at a slower rate are now expected to significantly
increase their production in the coming years. Qualified predictions on future production trends can only
be made after the growth potential and production capacity of existing and newly planted forests have
been diligently analysed and evaluated.
4
For instance Algeria, Angola, DRP Korea, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Netherlands, Pakistan,
Republic of Korea, Senegal.
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Figure 5: Trends in industrial roundwood production from plantations in selected countries
5.2 Industrial roundwood production from the planted component of semi-natural
forests (SNPF) in temperate countries
In general, temperate countries only produce a minor share of industrial roundwood in plantations but a
considerable volume in SNPFs, both of which are usually reported together in national wood production
statistics. Only 5 of the 18 temperate countries
5
included in the list of 32 priority countries (Table 8) were
able to report industrial roundwood production figures for SNPF based on either the proportion of natural
and planted forest areas or the allocation of the growing stock to natural and planted species groups. For
the remaining 12
6
temperate countries, a simple model calculation had to be applied to account for the
considerable volume originating from SNPF (see Chapter 4.3).
The 18 temperate countries were estimated to produce about 208 million m3 of industrial roundwood in
SPNF and 116 million m3 in forest plantations in 2012 (see Table 10). The production estimate of 208
million m3 from SPNF in temperate countries amounted to 37 percent of the global production from
plantations (562 million m3). In most countries (e.g. Canada, Germany, Poland and Sweden), the
industrial roundwood production from SNPF by far exceeded the production from forest plantations.
Only in Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States of America did the production of industrial
roundwood in plantations appear to be superior to SNPF.
5
Estonia, Germany, Japan, Latvia and Republic of Korea
6
Russian Federation excluded as planted forests were assumed to be too young in 2012 for harvesting industrial roundwood
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Million m3
Chile
New Zealand
South Africa
17
Table 10: Industrial roundwood production originating from plantations and SNPFs in temperate
countries
Country
Planted
forest area
(1 000 ha)
Origin of industrial
roundwood production, 2012
Plantations
(1 000 m3)
SNPF
(1 000 m3)
1
2
3
4
1. USA
12 363
101 934
39 562
2. Canada
8 963
43
28 639
3. Russian Federation***
16 991
-
-
4. Sweden
3 613
1 150
10 412
5. Finland
5 904
-
18 893
6. Germany
5 283
10
*20 435
7. Poland
8 889
951
27 494
8. Japan
10 326
-
*13 681
9. Czech Republic
2 635
-
**13 467
10. Spain
2 680
6 000
**5 627
11. Latvia
628
-
*2 101
12. Romania
1 446
81
4 546
13. United Kingdom
2 219
5 687
1 414
14. Norway
1 475
220
4 500
15. Belarus
1 857
-
**8 073
16. Ukraine
4 846
-
**7 904
17. Estonia
168
-
*560
18. Republic of Korea
1 823
-
*776
Total
92 109
116 076
208 084
* Figures reported from national correspondents in questionnaire survey.
** Removals reported in FAOSTAT assumed to be 100 percent from planted forests.
*** Planted forests assumed to be too young in 2012 for harvesting industrial roundwood.
Note on sources:
Column 2: FRA, 2010; USA: area of southern plantations (13 million ha) subtracted from total
planted forest area, according to FRA, 2010.
Column 3: Equal to Table 9 in each country.
Column 4: Column 2 * 4*0.8 – column 3 (except for USA and *).
5.3 The global industrial roundwood production from planted forests
Based on (a) the industrial roundwood production reported by countries in the JFSQ, (b) the results of
intensive desk research, (c) the questionnaire survey among FRA correspondents and national forestry
experts and (d) the model calculations in 12 temperate countries, estimates on the global industrial
roundwood production from planted forests comprising plantations and SNPFs could be ascertained for a
total of 82 countries distributed across five continents (the 78 countries in Table 9 and another four
countries
7
that reported additionally on SNPF).
The global industrial roundwood production from planted forests comprising plantations and SNPF is
estimated at 770 million m3 for 2012, which is equivalent to 46 percent, or almost half, of the total
industrial roundwood production from all types of forests, including natural forests and trees outside
forests (1.683 billion m3, according to FAOSTAT). Plantations supplied 562 million m3 (33 percent),
while SNPFs are estimated to have produced 208 million m3 (12 percent) in 2012. The industrial
roundwood production in natural forests was calculated by subtracting the production in planted forests
from the total production according to FAOSTAT. It amounts to 913 million m3, equivalent to 54 percent
of the global production for that year (see Figure 6).
7
Germany reported on both plantations and SNPF.
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These estimates include all major industrial roundwood-producing countries in the world. However, for
some countries, incomplete datasets had to be complemented by assumptions and model calculations, in
particular when estimating the industrial roundwood production in SNPFs. Consequently, these data
should only be used with the appropriate caution.
Figure 6: Assessment of the origin of the global industrial roundwood production in the year 2012
Industrial roundwood production 2012: 1.683 billion m3
Natural forests
913 million m3
(54%)
Plantations
562 million m3
(33%)
SNPF
208 million m3
(12%)
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Denmark
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Ghana
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Guatemala
JFSQ, data reported for 2010 and 2011.
Honduras
JFSQ, data reported for 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Hungary
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Iceland
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Norway
JFSQ, data reported for 2007–2012.
Panama
JFSQ, data reported for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010 and 2011.
Papua New Guinea
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Peru
JFSQ, data reported for 2001–2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010–2012.
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JFSQ, data reported for 2006–2012.
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7 Annexes
7.1 List of contributors by country
REGION/COUNTRY
RAPPORTEUR
Africa
Ghana
Mr Hugh Brown, Director of Operations (Plantations) Forest
Services Division, Forestry Commission
Europe
Austria
Mr Johannes Hangler, Deputy Head, Austrian Ministry of
Agriculture, Division IV/1, Forest Policy and Forest Information
Belarus
Mr Dmitry Krasovsky, Head, Ministry of Forestry, Department of
Forest Policy, Estimation of Forest Fund and Organization of Forest
Utilization.
Czech Republic
Mr Jaroslav Kubišta, Deputy Chairman, Forest Management
Institute.
Denmark
Mr Thomas Nord-Larsen, Senior researcher. Department of
Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, 'Skov, natur og
biomasse'.
Estonia
Mr Mati Valgepea, Leading specialist of forestry statistics,
Department of Forestry Statistics, Estonian Environment Information
Centre, Estonian Environment Agency
Germany
Mr Friedrich Schmitz, Deputy Head, Division 535, Sustainable
Forest Management, Timber Market Federal Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Latvia
Ms Lelda Pamovska, Senior Officer, Ministry of Agriculture,
Forest Department Forest Resources and Hunting Division
Russian Federation
Mr Boris Moiseev, Leading Researcher, Federal Forestry Agency,
Research Institute of Silviculture and Forestry Mechanization
Sweden
Mr Karl Duvemo, Analyst, Swedish Forest Agency, Policy and
Analysis Division
Ukraine
Ms Liubov Poliakova, Senior Officer, State Forest Resources
Agency, Science, International Cooperation and Public Relation.
Asia
Japan
Mr Hattori Koji, Deputy Director, International Forestry,
Cooperation Office, Forestry Agency, MAFF, JAPAN
Indonesia
Dr Ernawati, M.Sc.F, Deputy Director of National Forest
Inventory, Ministry of Forestry, Office: Gedung Manggala
Wanabhakti
Korea, Republic of
Mr Kim Dae-Hwan, Official, Timber Industry Division, Korean
Forest Service & Choi Ji-Seon (undergraduate), Department of
Forest Science, Seoul National University
Malaysia
Mr Koh Hock Lye, Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia
Thailand
Mr Palle Havmøller, Retired forester and country expert on
Thailand
Turkey
Mr Mithat Koç, Deputy Head of Department, General Directorate
of Forestry, Forest Management and Planning Department
South America
Argentina
Ms Norma B. Esper, Dirección de Bosques, Programa Nacional de
Estadística Forestal, Coordinadora, Argentina
North America
United States
US Forest Service: Mr Thomas J. Brandeis, Supervisory Research
Forester, Ms Consuelo Brandeis, Forester (SCEP), Mr Richard
Harper, Forester, (Southern Research Station), Mr Richard A.
McCullough Forester, (Northern Research Station).
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7.2 Time series data 2000-2012: industrial roundwood from forest plantations
Note on sources:
Numbers in italics (red): JFS questionnaires or ITTO country notes.
Numbers in non-italics (black): statistical reports in literature and/or online inventory data tools.
Numbers in bold (blue): linear extrapolations based on data from previous and subsequent years.
For reference see also Chapter 7.2.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Argentina
6 882 495
5 550 865
7 906 503
8 513 631
8 335 167
8 759 167
8 506 758
8 410 546
7 875 415
9 189 365
9 981 244
9 983 181
9 983 181
Australia
13 671 899
14 147 360
14 031 360
15 685 540
16 852 480
17 905 760
18 158 731
18 641 364
19 269 602
17 447 378
18 988 045
20 190 920
19 210 883
Brazil
100 766 899
100 766 899
105 131 741
101 261 900
106 911 408
115 741 531
125 852 809
131 878 975
Chile
21 829 700
22 177 170
21 617 210
26 824 070
30 251 970
31 556 150
37 648 660
39 080 440
35 673 960
33 868 800
38 367 000
38 350 928
China
54 538 809
58 397 473
59 952 695
62 223 250
64 239 744
Indonesia
2 974 000
7 023 000
5 802 000
6 362 000
8 406 000
14 888 000
12 771 000
16 337 250
15 224 563
16 780 000
20 910 000
10 880 000
12 530 000
Malaysia
1 800 000
1 781 263
1 762 526
1 725 051
1 659 453
1 928 308
1 862 299
1 778 070
1 915 988
3 519 117
3 813 445
Myanmar
256 847
313 140
324 594
320 538
298 293
281 023
231 274
885 958
884 442
956 700
920 440
New Zealand
18 120 000
20 617 000
22 056 652
21 219 023
19 784 747
19 002 543
19 341 141
20 300 031
19 385 862
20 735 020
24 314 117
26 192 027
27 453 946
Portugal
9 366 635
8 465 340
8 294 283
9 135 314
10 902 865
10 409 962
10 398 262
10 021 532
9 720 556
8 972 349
8 569 000
10 502 503
9 564 947
South Africa
18 959 200
18 553 500
18 566 500
21 159 400
21 776 913
22 564 059
22 764 082
19 511 802
19 867 289
18 887 580
16 988 569
15 906 387
15 906 387
Spain
6 691 517
6 152 347
6 427 967
6 497 691
6 732 990
6 474 741
6 250 263
6 520 413
5 602 032
6 851 057
6 000 000
6 000 000
Thailand
10 656 200
10 656 200
6 030 000
14 308 000
14 350 000
14 400 000
14 450 000
14 500 000
14 550 000
14 600 000
Turkey
3 200 000
3 200 000
3 225 000
3 250 000
3 275 000
3 300 000
3 340 000
3 380 000
3 420 000
3 460 000
3 500 000
3 500 000
USA
83 529 742
86 803 643
90 909 243
93 298 633
99 796 441
101 404 050
103 102 279
101 934 282
Uruguay
1 511 000
1 598 000
1 832 000
2 132 000
3 324 000
3 729 000
4 254 000
5 111 000
7 244 000
6 180 000
9 402 000
8 000 000
7 937 394
Vietnam
1 600 000
1 833 333
2 066 667
2 300 000
2 533 333
2 766 667
3 000 000
3 233 333
3 466 667
3 700 000
3 700 000
3 700 000
3 700 000
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