Table 2.10: Trends in carbon stocks in forest biomass 1990–2005
| Region/subregion |
Carbon in living biomass
(Gt) |
| 1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
|
1 Giga tonne (Gt) = 1 000 000 000 tonnes (t)
|
| Eastern and Southern Africa |
15.9 |
14.8 |
14.4 |
| Northern Africa |
3.8 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
| Western and Central Africa |
46.0 |
43.9 |
43.1 |
| Total Africa |
65.8 |
62.2 |
60.8 |
| East Asia |
7.2 |
8.4 |
9.1 |
| South and Southeast Asia |
32.3 |
25.5 |
21.8 |
| Western and Central Asia |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
| Total Asia |
41.1 |
35.6 |
32.6 |
| Total Europe |
42.0 |
43.1 |
43.9 |
| Caribbean |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
| Central America |
3.4 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
| North America |
37.2 |
38.5 |
39.2 |
| Total North and Central America |
41.0 |
41.9 |
42.4 |
| Total Oceania |
11.6 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
| Total South America |
97.7 |
94.2 |
91.5 |
| WORLD |
299.2 |
288.6 |
282.7 |
Source: WHO 
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005,
Progress towards sustainable forest management
Chapter 2: Extent of forest resources. p.36
