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Desk Study

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Rome, 2020

FRA 2020 Desk study, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

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FAO has been monitoring the world's forests at 5 to 10 year intervals since 1946. The Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) are now produced every five years in an attempt to provide a consistent approach todescribing the world's forests and how they are changing. The FRA is a country-driven process and the assessments are based on reports prepared by officially nominated National Correspondents. If a report is notavailable, the FRA Secretariat prepares a desk study using earlier reports, existing information and/or remote sensing based analysis.

This document was generated automatically from a desk study. FAO cannot be held responsible for any use made of the information contained in this document.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

1. Forest extent, characteristics and changes

2. Forest growing stock, biomass and carbon

3. Forest designation and management

4. Forest ownership and management rights

5. Forest disturbances

6. Forest policy and legislation

7. Employment, education and NWFP

8. Sustainable Development Goal 15


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IntroductionIntroductory textNo official report has been received from Falkland Islands (Malvinas). This report is the result of a desk study prepared by the FRA secretariat in Rome, which summarizes existing available information using the established formatfor FRA 2020 country reports.

The Falkland Islands (Malvinas) comprises two main islands and 776 small islands. Both main islands have mountain ranges, the highest point being Mount Usborne (705 m) on East Falkland. There are also some boggy plains, most notably inLafonia in the southern half of East Falkland. Almost all the land is used as pasture for sheep.

Surrounded by cool South Atlantic waters, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) has a maritime subarctic climate that is strongly influenced by the ocean in that the annual temperature range is narrow. The average maximum temperature is about 13 °Cin January and about 4 °C in July. Average annual rainfall is 574 mm, but East Falkland is generally wetter than West Falkland. Humidity and winds, however, are constantly high. Snow is rare but can occur at almost any time of year. Gales are veryfrequent, particularly in winter. [1]

[1] Country Profiles – Department of Forest http://www.fao.org/forestry/country/en/ . FAO, May 12, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

http://www.fao.org/forestry/country/en/


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1 Forest extent, characteristics and changes1a Extent of forest and other wooded landNational Data

Data sources + type of data source eg NFI, etc-

National classification and definitions-

Original dataThere are no substantial areas of forest or other wooded land on the Falkland Islands. The only forest, at Hill Cove on West Falkland, has an area of around 2 hectares, however for the purpose of reporting to FRA 2010 it has been reported as zero(1000 hectares).

Analysis and processing of national data

Estimation and forecasting-

Reclassification into FRA 2020 categories-


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Forest Other wooded land1000 ha

0

20 000

40 000

60 000

80 000

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020


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CommentsThere are no substantial areas of forest or other wooded land on the Falkland Islands. The only forest, at Hill Cove on West Falkland, has an area of around 2 hectares, however for the purpose of reporting to FRA 2010 it has been reported as zero(1000 hectares).

FRA categoriesArea (1000 ha)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Forest (a)

Other wooded land (a)

Other land (c-a-b)

Total land area (c)

The FAOSTAT land area figurefor the year 2015 is used for allreference years

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00

1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00

Climatic domain % of forest area 2015 Override value

Boreal

Temperate

Sub-tropical

Tropical

0.00

100.00

0.00

0.00


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1b Forest characteristicsNational Data



Original data-





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Naturally regenerating forest Plantation forest Other planted forest1000 ha

0

20 000

40 000

60 000

80 000

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020


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Comments

FRA categoriesForest area (1000 ha)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Naturally regenerating forest(a)

Planted forest (b)

Plantation forest

…of which introduced species

Other planted forest

Total (a+b)

Total forest area

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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1c Primary forest and special forest categoriesNational Data



Original data-





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Comments


1990 2000 2010 2015 2020

Primary forest

Temporarily unstocked and/orrecently regenerated

Bamboos

Mangroves

Rubber wood

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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1d Annual forest expansion, deforestation and net changeNational Data



Original dataThere are no substantial areas of forest or other wooded land on the Falkland Islands. The only forest, at Hill Cove on West Falkland, has an area of around 2 hectares, however for the purpose of reporting to FRA 2010 it has been reported as zero(1000 hectares).





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CommentsThere are no substantial areas of forest or other wooded land on the Falkland Islands. The only forest, at Hill Cove on West Falkland, has an area of around 2 hectares, however for the purpose of reporting to FRA 2010 it has been reported as zero(1000 hectares).

FRA categoriesArea (1000 ha/year)

1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2015 2015-2020

Forest expansion (a)

…of which afforestation

…of which natural expansion

Deforestation (b)

Forest area net change (a-b)

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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1e Annual reforestationNational Data



Original dataThere are no substantial areas of forest or other wooded land on the Falkland Islands. The only forest, at HillCove on West Falkland, has an area of around 2 hectares, however for the purpose of reporting to FRA 2010 it has been reported as zero(1000 hectares).





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CommentsThere are no substantial areas of forest or other wooded land on the Falkland Islands. The only forest, at Hill Cove on WestFalkland, has an area of around 2 hectares, however for the purpose of reporting to FRA 2010 it has been reported as zero(1000 hectares).

FRA categoriesArea (1000 ha/year)

1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2015 2015-2020

Reforestation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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1f Other land with tree coverNational Data



Original data-





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Comments


1990 2000 2010 2015 2020

Palms (a)

Tree orchards (b)

Agroforestry (c)

Trees in urban settings (d)

Other (specify in comments)(e)

Total (a+b+c+d+e)

Other land area

− − − − −

1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00 1 217.00


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2 Forest growing stock, biomass and carbon2a Growing stockNational Data



Original data-





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Comments

FRA categoriesGrowing stock m³/ha (over bark)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Naturally regenerating forest

Planted forest

…of which plantation forest

…of which other planted forest

Forest

Other wooded land

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

FRA categoriesTotal growing stock (million m³ over bark)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Naturally regenerating forest

Planted forest

…of which plantation forest

…of which other planted forest

Forest

Other wooded land

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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2b Growing stock compositionNational Data



Original data-





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Comments

FRA categories Scientific name Common nameGrowing stock in forest (million m³ over bark)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2020

Native tree species

#1 Ranked in terms of volume









#10 Ranked in terms ofvolume

Remaining native tree species

Total volume of native tree species

Introduced tree species






Remaining introduced tree species

Total volume of introduced tree species

Total growing stock

− − − − −

− − − − −

− − − − −


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2c Biomass stockNational Data



Original data-





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Comments

FRA categoriesForest biomass (tonnes/ha)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Above-ground biomass

Below-ground biomass

Dead wood

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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2d Carbon stockNational Data



Original data-





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Comments

FRA categoriesForest carbon (tonnes/ha)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Carbon in above-groundbiomass

Carbon in below-groundbiomass

Carbon in dead wood

Carbon in litter

Soil carbon

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Soil depth (cm) used for soilcarbon estimates


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3 Forest designation and management3a Designated management objectiveNational Data



Original data-





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Primary designated management objective

Total area with designated management objective

Comments

FRA 2020 categoriesForest area (1000 ha)

1990 2000 2010 2015 2020

Production (a)

Protection of soil and water (b)

Conservation of biodiversity(c)

Social Services (d)

Multiple use (e)

Other (specify in comments) (f)

None/unknown (g)

Total forest area

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


1990 2000 2010 2015 2020

Production

Protection of soil and water

Conservation of biodiversity

Social Services

Other (specify in comments)

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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3b Forest area within protected areas and forest area with long-term management plansNational Data



Original data-





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Comments


1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Forest area within protectedareas

Forest area with long-termforest management plan

…of which in protected areas

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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4 Forest ownership and management rights4a Forest ownershipNational Data



Original data-





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Comments


1990 2000 2010 2015

Private ownership (a)

…of which owned byindividuals

…of which owned by privatebusiness entities andinstitutions

…of which owned by local,tribal and indigenouscommunities

Public ownership (b)

Unknown/other (specify incomments) (c)

Total forest area

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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4b Holder of management rights of public forestsNational Data



Original data-





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Comments


1990 2000 2010 2015

Public Administration (a)

Individuals (b)

Private business entities andinstitutions (c)

Local, tribal and indigenouscommunities (d)

Unknown/other (specify incomments) (e)

Total public ownership

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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5 Forest disturbances5a DisturbancesNational Data



Original data-





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Comments


2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Insects (a)

Diseases (b)

Severe weather events (c)

Other (specify in comments)(d)

Total (a+b+c+d)

Total forest area

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 − − − − − − − − − 0.00 − − − − 0.00 0.00 0.00


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5b Area affected by fireNational Data



Original data-





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Comments


2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Total land area affected by fire

…of which on forest 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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5c Degraded forest

Comments

Does your country monitor area of degraded forest

If "yes"

What is the national definitionof "Degraded forest"?

Describe the monitoringprocess and results

No


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6 Forest policy and legislation6a Policies, Legislation and national platform for stakeholder participation in forest policyNational Data



Original data-


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Comments

Indicate the existence ofBoolean (Yes/No)

National Sub-national

Policies supporting SFM

Legislations and regulationssupporting SFM

Platform that promotes orallows for stakeholderparticipation in forest policydevelopment

Traceability system(s) forwood products


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6b Area of permanent forest estateNational Data



Original data-


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Comments


Applicable? 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020

Area of permanent forestestate No


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7 Employment, education and NWFP7a Employment in forestry and loggingNational Data



Original data-


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Comments

FRA 2020 categories

Full-time equivalents (1000 FTE)

1990 2000 2010 2015

Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male

Employment in forestry andlogging

…of which silviculture andother forestry activities

…of which logging

…of which gathering of nonwood forest products

…of which support services toforestry


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7b Graduation of students in forest-related educationNational Data



Original data-


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Comments

FRA 2020 categories

Number of graduated students

1990 2000 2010 2015

Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male

Doctoral degree

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Technician certificate /diploma

Total

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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7c Non wood forest products removals and value 2015National Data



Original data-


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Comments

Name of NWFP product Key species Quantity Unit Value (1000 local currency) NWFP category

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

All other plant products

All other animal products

Total −

Name of currency


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8 Sustainable Development Goal 158a Sustainable Development Goal 15SDG Indicator 15.1.1 Forest area as proportion of total land area 2015

SDG Indicator 15.2.1 Progress towards sustainable forest management

IndicatorPercent

2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Forest area as proportion oftotal land area 2015

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Name of agency responsible

Sub-Indicator 1Percent

2000-2010 2010-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020

Forest area annual net changerate

− − − − − − −


Sub-Indicator 2Forest biomass (tonnes/ha)

2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Above-ground biomass stockin forest

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00



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Sub-Indicator 3Percent (2015 forest area baseline)

2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Proportion of forest arealocated within legallyestablished protected areas

− − − − − − − −


Sub-Indicator 4Percent (2015 forest area baseline)

2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Proportion of forest area underlong-term forest managementplan

− − − − − − − −


Sub-Indicator 5Forest area (1000 ha)

2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Forest area underindependently verified forestmanagement certificationschemes

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 − −

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