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SINGAPORE – FOREST
RESOURCE
3.0%
—or about 2,000 hectares—of
Singapore
is forested. Of this, 100.0% —or roughly 2,000 hectares—is classified as
primary forest, the most biodiversity form of forest.
Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2000,
Singapore
had no significant change or no reported in forest cover.
Biodiversity and Protected Areas:
Singapore
has some 590 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles
according to figures from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Of
these, 2.7% are endemic, meaning they exist in no other country, and
2.9% are threatened.
Singapore
is home to at least 2282 species of vascular plants, of which 0.1% are
endemic. 5.2% of
Singapore
is protected under IUCN categories I-V.
Singapore: Forest Cover, 2005
|
Total Land
Area (ha) |
67,000 |
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Total Forest
Area (ha) |
2,000 |
|
Percent
Forest Cover |
2.99% |
|
Primary
Forest Cover (ha) |
2,000 |
|
Primary
Forest, % total forest |
100.00% |
|
Primary
Forest, % total land |
2.99% |
|
Other wooded
land (ha) |
- |
Singapore : Forest types
|
Tropical (%
forest area) |
100% |
|
Subtropical
(% forest area) |
0% |
|
Temperate (%
forest area) |
0% |
|
Boreal/polar
(% forest area) |
0% |
Singapore: Breakdown of forest types, 2005
|
Primary
forest (ha | %) |
2,000 |
100.0% |
|
Modified
natural (ha | %) |
- |
0.0% |
|
Semi-natural
(ha | %) |
- |
0.0% |
|
Production
plantation (ha | %) |
- |
0.0% |
|
Production
plantation (ha | %) |
- |
0.0% |
Singapore: Change in Forest Cover
|
TOTAL FOREST
COVER |
|
Forest 1990
(ha) |
2,000 |
|
Forest 2000
(ha) |
2,000 |
|
Forest 2005
(ha) |
2,000 |
|
Annual Change
1990-2000 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Annual Change
2000-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Total Change
1990-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Change in
rate (%) |
#DIV/0! |
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PRIMARY
FOREST COVER |
|
Primary 1990
(ha) |
2,000 |
|
Primary 2000
(ha) |
2,000 |
|
Primary 2005
(ha) |
2,000 |
|
Annual Change
1990-2000 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Annual Change
2000-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Total Change
1990-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Change in
rate (%) |
#DIV/0! |
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OTHER WOODED
LAND |
|
Other 1990
(ha) |
- |
|
Other 2000
(ha) |
- |
|
Other 2005
(ha) |
- |
|
Annual Change
1990-2000 (ha | %) |
- |
#DIV/0! |
|
Annual Change
2000-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
#DIV/0! |
|
Total Change
1990-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
#DIV/0! |
|
Change in
rate (%) |
#DIV/0! |
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PLANTATIONS |
|
Other 1990
(ha) |
- |
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Other 2000
(ha) |
- |
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Other 2005
(ha) |
- |
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Annual Change
1990-2000 (ha | %) |
- |
#DIV/0! |
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Annual Change
2000-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
#DIV/0! |
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Total Change
1990-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
#DIV/0! |
|
Change in
rate (%) |
#DIV/0! |
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TOTAL
DEGRADATION/CONSERVSION
Forest area+Wooded Area-Plantations |
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Other 1990
(ha) |
2,000 |
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Other 2000
(ha) |
2,000 |
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Other 2005
(ha) |
2,000 |
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Annual Change
1990-2000 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Annual Change
2000-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Total Change
1990-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
0.00% |
|
Change in
rate (%) |
#DIV/0! |
Singapore: Primary
|
Primary or
"old-growth" vegetation |
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Primary
Forest 2005 (ha) |
2,000 |
|
Other primary
wooded land 2005 (ha) |
- |
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Other primary
wooded land 2005 (ha) |
2,000 |
|
Undisturbed
vegetation 2005 (% land area) |
2.99% |
Singapore: Forest designation
|
Ownership of
forest land, 2000 |
|
Public (%) |
100.0% |
|
Private (%) |
0.0% |
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Other (%) |
0.0% |
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Ownership of
other wooded land, 2000 |
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Public (%) |
- |
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Private (%) |
- |
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Other (%) |
- |
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Designated
functions of forest – primary function 2005 |
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Production
(%) |
- |
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Protection
(%) |
- |
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Conservation
(%) |
100.0% |
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Social
Services (%) |
- |
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Multiple
Services (%) |
- |
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None of
Unknown (%) |
- |
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