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Table 4 Spatial distribution of planted forests in China

From: Managing planted forests for multiple uses under a changing environment in China

Region and province

Area

Stocking volume

 

1000 ha

%

1000 m 3

%

South and southwest region

43,962

63.3

1,546,271

62.3

Guangxi

6,345

9.2

222,722

9.0

Guangdong

5,579

8.0

154,677

6.2

Hunan

4,746

6.8

140,945

5.7

Sichuan

4,493

6.5

159,645

6.4

Yunan

4,141

6.0

110,203

4.4

Fujian

3,777

5.4

248,532

10.0

Jiangxi

3,386

4.9

111,219

4.5

Zhejiang

2,585

3.7

68,318

2.8

Guizhou

2,373

3.4

115,574

4.7

Anhui

2,251

3.2

93,748

3.8

Hubei

1,949

2.8

60,071

2.4

Hainan

1,362

2.0

23,132

0.9

Chongqing

926

1.3

35,917

1.4

Tibet

49

0.1

1,568

0.1

North and East Plain region

10,357

15.0

351,726

14.1

Shandong

2,445

3.5

87,093

3.5

Henan

2,271

3.3

104,658

4.2

Hebei

2,209

3.2

56,838

2.3

Jiangsu

1,568

2.3

63,209

2.5

Shanxi

1,318

1.9

26,658

1.1

Beijing

372

0.5

7,857

0.3

Tianjin

106

0.2

3,549

0.1

Shanghai

68

0.1

1,864

0.1

Northeast region

10,459

15.1

461,068

18.5

Inner Mongonia

3,317

4.8

97,982

3.9

Niaoning

3,071

4.4

94,875

3.8

Jilin

2,465

3.6

164,237

6.6

Heilongjiang

1,606

2.3

103,974

4.2

Northwest region

4,558

6.6

124,187

4.9

Shaanxi

2,370

3.4

28,121

1.1

Gansu

1,030

1.5

28,318

1.1

Xinjiang

940

1.4

60,267

2.4

Ningxia

144

0.2

3,174

0.1

Qinghai

74

0.1

4,307

0.2

Total

69,336

100.0

2,483,252

100.0

  1. Sources: The Eighth China's National Forest Inventory ( SFA, 2014 ).