Table 1

Global assessment of annual deforestation caused by wood use in tobacco farming, 1991–1995

Flue-cured tobacco			Fire-cured tobacco			Bur	Das	Ori	Dac	Lac	All
Fuel	Poles		Total	Fuel		Poles	Total	Poles	Poles	Poles	Poles	Poles
(1) Total annual global tobacco production (’000 tonnes dry weight) (%)19
	4627			54		893	1094	651	114	77	7510
	(61.1)			(0.7)		(11.9)	(14.6)	(8.7)	(1.5)	(1.0)	(100)
	(n=82)			(n=17)		(n=65)	(n=56)	(n=37)	(n=26)	(n=29)	(n=118)

(2) Tobacco production using wood (’000 tonnes dry weight) (% of global tobacco production)10
	895			54		893	1094	651	114	77	3778
	(11.9)			(0.7)		(11.9)	(14.6)	(8.7)	(1.5)	(1.0)	(50.3)
(n=56)	(n=54)	(n=56)	(n=17)	(n=17)	(n=17)	(n=65)	(n=56)	(n=37)	(n=26)	(n=29)	(n=116)

(3) Total annual solid wood required for tobacco production (’000 tonnes) (%)10
6810	38	6849	560	12	571	987	2030	696	181	124	11 437
(59.5)	(0.3)	(59.8)	(4.9)	(0.1)	(5.0)	(8.6)	(17.7)	(6.1)	(1.6)	(1.1)	(100)

(4) Additional (deficit) wood required annually for tobacco production (’000 tonnes)10
3011	17	3028	365	7	373	575	1150	404	102	67	5698

As % of total (5698)
52.8	0.3	(53.1)	6.4	0.1	(6.5)	10.1	20.2	7.1	1.8	1.2	100
(n=54)	(n=52)	(n=54)	(n=15)	(n=15)	(n=15)	(n=63)	(n=55)	(n=37)	(n=26)	(n=28)	(n=114)

(5) Sustained-yield area of woody biomass needed annually to provide (4) (’000 ha^1-150 )
Natural (medium) woody biomass potential, mostly woodlands and dry forests (’000 ha^1-150 )
6022	34	6056	730	15	745	1149	2299	807	204	134	11 396

Plantation forest (’000 ha^1-150 )
231	1	233	40	<1	41	57	103	55	9	5	503

(6) Equivalent area of natural woody biomass deforested (’000 ha^1-150)
111	<1	112	14	<1	14	21	43	15	4	2	211

Bur = Burley tobacco; Dac = Dark air-cured (cigar) tobacco; Das = Dark air/sun-cured tobaccos; Lac = Light air-cured tobaccos; Ori = Oriental tobacco.
↵1-150 1 Hectare = 0.01 km². n = Number of tobacco-growing countries for which data were available.