Some 21 per cent of Asia and the Pacific is still forested and deforestation, while continuing, is at a relatively low rate - an annual average of 0.1 per cent a year

Note: dark green represents closed forest, more than 40 per cent covered with trees more than 5 metres high; mid-green represents open (10-40 per cent coverage) and fragmented forest; light green represents other woodland, shrubland and bushland

Source: FAO 2001a