Comments: Potential REDD earnings for 63 tropical countries

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estimate of forest are in timor leste appears too high given total area is 1,270,646ha

Summary 1972
Dense forest 321,542 25%
Sparse forest 324,558 26%
No forest 624,546 49%
1,270,646
Summary 1999
Dense forest 207,654 16%
Sparse forest 246,196 19%
No forest 816,796 64%

source(Source of data: Sundland et al., 2001)
Change in forest cover in Timor Leste from 1972 to 1999 (from Lasco and Cardinoza, 2003)

roderick simpson

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