New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 1 Total and planted forest area, and corresponding estimated roundwood production in 2009.

From: Assessing the impact of planted forests on the global forest economy

Region	Forest area			Roundwood production
	Total ¹ (10 ⁶ ha)	Planted forests ¹ (10 ⁶ ha)	Planted forests ¹ (%)	Total ² (10 ⁶ m ³ )	Planted forests ³ (10 ⁶ m ³ )	Planted forests ³ (%)
Africa	668	15	2	664	130	20
North/Central America	705	38	5	575	141	25
South America	868	12	1	383	59	15
Asia	591	121	21	1072	459	43
Oceania	192	4	2	66	15	23
Europe⁴	1004	69	7	634	266	42
EU-27 countries	156	43	27	410	215	52
World	4028	258	6	3394	1070	32

¹ FAO (2010)
² FAO (2012)
³Authors' estimates.
⁴ Geographical Europe defined as in FAO (2012) includes the Russian Federation. EU-27 countries are defined as in European Commission (2014).

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