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STATISTICS: Bahamas

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Bahamas

51.5% —or about 515,000 hectares—of Bahamas is forested.

Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2000, Bahamas had no significant change or no reported in forest cover.

Biodiversity and Protected Areas: Bahamas has some 406 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles
according to figures from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Of these, 10.1% are endemic, meaning they exist in no
other country, and 5.2% are threatened. Bahamas is home to at least 1111 species of vascular plants, of which 10.6% are
endemic. 1.6% of Bahamas is protected under IUCN categories I-V.

SECTIONS:

Forest Cover | Forest types | Breakdown of forest types | Change in Forest Cover | Primary forest | Forest designation | Disturbances affecting
forest land | Protected areas | Biodiversity - Wildlife | Biodiversity - Plants | Value of forests | Production, trade and consumption of forest
products | Environment | Land use / Resources | Economy | Population / Demographics | Infrastructure | Health | References | Books

Bahamas: Forest Cover, 2005 Bahamas: Environment

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Total Land Area (ha) 1,001,000 Environment

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Rain Forest Mapping Total Forest Area (ha) 515,000 disposal
issues
Software for Mapping
and Managing REDD Percent Forest Cover 51.45% party to: Biodiversity, Climate
Forest Projec ts. Free Change, Climate Change-
Prim ary Forest Cover (ha) - Kyoto Protocol,
Trial.
Cla rk Labs.org/Applications/R EDD Environment Desertification, Endangered
Prim ary Forest, % total forest -
- Species, Hazardous Wastes,
international Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
Prim ary Forest, % total land -
agreem ents Protection, Ship Pollution,
Biodiversity 2010 Wetlands
Other w ooded land (ha) 36,000
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www.biodive rsityworldtour.com hurricanes and other tropical
Bahamas : Forest types Natural
storms cause extensive flood
hazards
and w ind damage
Billige Bahamas Tropical (% forest area) 100%
Reisen
Reisen bis zu 65% Subtropical (% forest area) 0%
günstiger buchen! Alle Bahamas: Land use / Resources
Tem perate (% forest area) 0%
Bahamas Reisen im
Vergleich. Boreal/polar (% forest area) 0% arable land: 0.8%
www.Baham as.R e ise n.de Land use (%) permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 98.8% (2001)
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Caribbean Dating & 2005 resources arable land
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Prim ary forest (ha | %) - -
Woman!
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Modified natural (ha |
515,000 100.0%
Günstiger Bahamas %)
The Bahamas is a stable,
Urlaub Sem i-natural (ha | %) - - developing nation w ith an
Traumhafte Bahamas economy heavily dependent
Angebote! Hier Urlaub Production plantation on tourism and offshore
- 0.0%
mit Tiefpreisgarantie (ha | %) banking. Tourism alone
buchen accounts for more than 60%
Production plantation
www.Baham as.a b-in-de n-urlaub.de of GDP and directly or
- 0.0%
(ha | %) indirectly employs half of the
archipelago's labor force.
Books
Steady grow th in tourism
receipts and a boom in
Bahamas: Change in Forest Cover construction of new hotels,
resorts, and residences had
TOTAL FOREST COVER led to solid GDP grow th in
recent years, but the
Forest 1990 (ha) 515,000 slow dow n in the US economy
and the attacks of 11
Snorkeling Guide
to Marine Life Forest 2000 (ha) 515,000 September 2001 held back
grow th in these sectors in
Paul Humann,
Forest 2005 (ha) 515,000 2001-03. Financial services
Ned D...
constitute the second-most
New $10.17 Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha |
- 0.00% important sector of the
%) Econom y - Bahamian economy,
T hunderball
Ian Fleming overview : accounting for about 15% of
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha |
- 0.00% GDP. How ever, since
New $10.08 %)
December 2000, w hen the
government enacted new
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha |
- 0.00% regulations on the financial
%)
Island Life sector, many international
India Hicks, Change in rate (%) #DIV/0! businesses have left The
David... Bahamas. Manufacturing and
New $38.47 PRIMARY FOREST COVER agriculture together contribute
approximately a tenth of GDP
Prim ary 1990 (ha) - and show little grow th,
Frommer's despite government incentives
Caribbean Ports of Prim ary 2000 (ha) - aimed at those sectors.
Call Overall grow th prospects in
Christina Prim ary 2005 (ha) - the short run rest heavily on
Paulette... the fortunes of the tourism
Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha |
- - sector, w hich depends on

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New - - sector, w hich depends on
T ommy Bahama's %)
grow th in the US, the source
Life is One Long of more than 80% of the
Week... Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha |
- - visitors. In addition to tourism
DK Publishing %)
and banking, the government
New $23.10 supports the development of a
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha |
- - "third pillar," e-commerce.
%)
Islands in the
Stream GDP - per
Change in rate (%) - $18,800 (2005 est.)
Ernest Hemingway capita
New $10.88 OTHER WOODED LAND
GDP - real
Other 1990 (ha) 36,000 grow th rate 3% (2005 est.)
Privacy Information (%)
Other 2000 (ha) 36,000
Agriculture -
citrus, vegetables; poultry
Other 2005 (ha) 36,000 products

Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | GDP -

- 0.00%
%) com position agriculture: 3%, industry: 7%,
by sector services: 90% (2001 est.)
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | (%)
- 0.00%
%)
tourism, banking, cement, oil
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | transshipment, salt, rum,
- 0.00% Industries
%) aragonite, pharmaceuticals,
spiral-w elded steel pipe
Change in rate (%) #DIV/0!
Econom ic
PLANTATIONS aid - $9.8 million (1995)
recipient
Other 1990 (ha) -
Debt -
Other 2000 (ha) - $308.5 million (2002)
external
Other 2005 (ha) -
Population
below
Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | NA
- #DIV/0! poverty line
%)
(%)
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha |
- #DIV/0! Labor force
%) agriculture 5%, industry 5%,
- by
tourism 50%, other services
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | occupation
- #DIV/0! 40% (1999 est.)
%) (%)

Change in rate (%) #DIV/0!

TOTAL DEGRADATION/CONSERVSION Bahamas: Population / Demographics

Forest area+Wooded Area-Plantations

Other 1990 (ha) 551,000 Percent rural (2003) 10.5%

Other 2000 (ha) 551,000

Other 2005 (ha) 551,000 Largest Cities in Bahamas

Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha |

- 0.00%
%)
Cities and urban areas in Bahamas with
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | population over 100,000 All figures are
- 0.00%
%)
estimates for 2002.
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha |
- 0.00%
%) City Urban Area
City Country
Population Population
Change in rate (%) #DIV/0!
Nassau Bahamas 179300 179300

Bahamas: Primary

Prim ary or "old-grow th" vegetation

Prim ary Forest 2005 (ha)
Other prim ary w ooded land 2005
(ha)
Environment, Land use / Resources,
- Economy, Population / Demographics,
Infrastructure, Health -- C IA World
Factbook, 2005
-
Forest C over, Forest types,
Breakdown of forest types, C hange in

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Other prim ary w ooded land 2005 Forest C over, Primary forests, Forest
0
(ha) designation, Disturbances affecting
forest land, Value of forests,
Undisturbed vegetation 2005 (% Production, trade and consumption of
0.00%
land area) forest products -- The FOOD AND
AGRIC ULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE
UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest
Resources Assessment (2005) and the
Bahamas: Forest designation State of the World’s Forests (2005,
2003, 2001)
Protected Areas, Plant and animal
Ow nership of forest land, 2000 biodiversity -- United Nations
Environment Programme - World
Public (%) 80.0% C onservation Monitoring C entre (UNEP-
WC MC ). 2004. World Database on
Private (%) 20.0% Protected Areas.
Biosphere reservers -- United
Other (%) - Nations Education, Scientific, and
C ultural Organization (UNESC O) - Man
Ow nership of other w ooded land, 2000 and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESC O
- MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.
Public (%) 80.1% RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the
C onvention on Wetlands . 2005. The
Private (%) 19.9% Ramsar List of Wetlands of
International Importance.
Other (%) - World Resources Institute's
EarthTrends web site
Designated functions of forest – prim ary The 2004 IUC N Red List of
function 2005 Threatened Species
Population Data -- United Nations
Production (%) - Population Fund
With additional analysis by Rhett
Protection (%) - Butler of mongabay.com

Conservation (%) -

Social Services (%) -

Multiple Services (%) -

None of Unknow n (%) -

Bahamas: Disturbances affecting

forest land 2000

Forest Area annually affected by

Fire (%) -

Insects (ha) -

Diseases (ha) -

Other (ha) -

Bahamas: Protected areas

Protected areas

Biosphere reserves, 2005

Wetlands of international
1
importance (Ram sar sites), 2005

World Heritage sites, 2004 0

Protected Areas: IUCN categories

1.6%
I-V, percent of total land

Protected Areas: IUCN categories

Ia, Ib, and II, extent, percent of 1.48%
total land

Protected Areas: IUCN categories

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III, IV, and V, percent of total land, 0.04%
2004

Protected Areas: IUCN categories

VI and other, percent of total land, 0.01%
2004

Bahamas: Biodiversity - Wildlife

Am phibians

total species 5

endemic species 3

threatened species 0

Birds

total species 316

endemic species 15

threatened species 10

Mamm als

total species 31

endemic species 3

threatened species 5

Reptiles

total species 54

endemic species 20

threatened species 6

Wildlife diversity

total species 406

endemic species 41

threatened species 21

Bahamas: Biodiversity - Plants

Grow ing stock com position

3 most comm on species

-
% of total grow ing stock

Grow ing stock com position

3 most comm on species

-
% of total grow ing stock

Num ber of Native tree species

Native tree species -

Num ber of tree species in IUCN red

list

Critically Endangered 0

Endangered 3

Vulnerable 2

Vascular Plant Species, 2004

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Total 1111

Num ber endem ic 118

Num ber of Threatened Plant Species,

2004

Species threatened 5

Bahamas: Value of forests

Biom ass stock in forest, 2005

Above-ground biom ass (M t) -

Below -ground biomass (M t) -

Dead w ood (M t) -

Total (M t) -

Carbon stock in forest, 2005

Carbon in above-ground biom ass

-
(M t)

Carbon in below -ground biom ass

-
(M t)

Carbon in dead w ood (M t) -

Carbon in litter (M t) -

Soil carbon (M t) -

Change in grow ing stock 1990 - 2005

Annual change rate (1000 cubic m /yr)

1990-2000 0

2000-2005 0

Grow ing stock per hectare 1990 - 2005

Annual change rate ( cubic m/ha per yr)

1990-2000 0

2000-2005 0

Wood rem oval 2005

Industrial roundw ood (1000 cubic

20
m)

Wood fuel (1000 cubic m ) -

Total w ood rem oval 2005 (1000 cubic

20
m)

Total w ood rem oval 2005 (% of

n.s.
grow ing stock)

Plant products 2005

Food (t) -

Fodder (t) -

Raw m aterial for m edicine and

-
arom atic products (t)

Raw m aterial for colorants and dyes

-
(t)

Raw m aterial for utensils,

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Raw m aterial for utensils,
-
handicrafts & construction (t)

Ornam ental plants (t) -

Exudates (t) -

Other plant products (t) -

Anim al products 2005

Living anim als (units) -

Hides, skins and trophies (units) -

Wild honey and bee-w ax (t) -

Bush m eat (t) -

Raw m aterial for m edicine and

-
arom atic products (t)

Raw m aterial for colorants and dyes

-
(t)

Other edible anim al products (t) -

Other non-edible anim al products

-
(t)

Value of w ood and non-w ood forest product

removal 2005

Industrial roundw ood (US$) -

Wood fuel (US$) -

Non-w ood forest products (US$) -

Total value (US$) -

Total value ($USD/ha) $-

Employment in forestry 2000

Total people em ployed -

Bahamas : Production, trade and

consumption of forest products, 2002

Woodfuel ('000 cubic m ), 2002

Production -

Imports -

Exports -

Consum ption 0

Industrial roundw ood ('000 cubic m ), 2002

Production 17

Imports 7

Exports 4

Consum ption 20

Saw nw ood ('000 cubic m), 2002

Production 1

Imports 73

Exports 0

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Consum ption 74

Wood-based panels ('000 cubic m ), 2002

Production -

Imports 4

Exports 0

Consum ption 4

Pulp for paper ('000 m etric tons), 2002

Production -

Imports 2

Exports -

Consum ption 2

Paper and paperboard ('000 m etric tons),

2002

Production -

Imports 6

Exports 0

Consum ption 6

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