The national forest inventory in China: history - results - international context

Forest Ecosystems

Table 8 Forest areas and volumes of the six regions in eight NFIs

Regions	NFI1	NFI2	NFI3	NFI4	NFI5	NFI6	NFI7	NFI8
Forest areas (million ha)
Total	119.78	113.31	122.68	131.73	156.84	172.79	193.33	205.56
NO	15.43	16.40	17.12	18.17	20.37	23.29	27.61	29.74
NE	25.16	25.02	25.79	26.43	29.18	29.85	31.63	32.71
EA	19.39	16.42	19.29	21.56	26.99	28.65	30.51	32.07
SC	25.72	23.18	23.14	26.28	32.83	36.04	40.03	42.46
SW	25.90	24.64	28.74	30.71	37.14	42.39	46.31	49.06
NW	8.18	7.65	8.62	8.58	10.33	12.57	17.24	19.52
Forest volumes (billion m³)
Total	84.70	88.01	89.14	99.10	109.08	120.98	133.63	147.79
NO	8.75	9.09	9.51	10.00	11.06	12.39	13.50	15.68
NE	21.33	21.94	21.48	22.41	23.59	23.66	25.68	28.18
EA	5.39	6.74	6.10	6.83	8.06	10.43	12.89	15.70
SC	5.94	7.15	6.78	7.52	9.24	12.24	15.31	17.44
SW	36.78	36.73	38.78	45.59	49.46	54.23	57.48	60.82
NW	6.51	6.36	6.49	6.75	7.67	8.03	8.77	9.97

NO northern region, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia, NE north-eastern region, including Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, EA eastern region, including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jangxi, and Shandong, SC south-central region, including Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan, SW south-western region, including Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunan, and Tibet, NW north-western region, including Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. The forests in Taiwan, Honghong and Macao are not included in this table