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Current uses of forest resources within the regionApproximately 300 million hectares of natural forests and plantations in the region are currently used for timber production purposes (Table 4.6). About 100 million hectares of forest are legally protected and are theoretically off-limits to timber production (i.e. IUCN categories I and II). Another 136 million hectares are inaccessible, given current levels of technology and prices, due to steepness of slope, remoteness or poor stocking of currently commercial species.35 35 J-L. Blanchez, (1997). Forest Resources and Roundwood Supply in the Asia Pacific Countries: Situation and Outlook to the Year 2010. Document APFSOS/WP/17. FAO, Rome/Bangkok.About 72 million hectares of forests in the tropical countries are under protected status. This represents about 20 percent of the total forest area in these countries. In the temperate countries, only 28 million hectares, or 14 percent, of forest area is legally protected.Just over 70 percent (214 million hectares) of the production forests in the region have already been logged at least once or are in areas designated to be converted to other land uses. Some 43 million hectares of natural production forests, almost entirely in the tropics, have not yet been logged.Table 4.6: Area of forest by management type and status, 1994
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