Deforestation

In Suriname’s second FREL deforestation is defined as “the direct and/or induced conversion of forest cover to another type of land cover in a given timeframe of 10 years”.
The table shows an annual deforestation expressed in hectares from the year 2000 up to the year 2019. The validation results of the deforestation data are presented in the Quality Assessment Quality Control columns included in the table.

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Period	Deforestation Area (ha)	Yearly Defo. Area (ha)	Stratified Estimated (ha)	Confidence Interval	Yearly Stratified (ha)	Defo. Rate

2000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
2020-2021	8,757.31	8,757.31	8,664.33	0.01	8,664.33	0.06
2017-2018	9,752.00	9,752.00	8,818.00	315.00	8,818.00	0.06
2019-2020	10,893.33	10,893.33	8,860.99	0.02	8,860.99	0.06
2014-2015	12,308.00	12,308.00	9,442.00	1,620.00	9,442.00	0.06
2018-2019	10,490.00	10,490.00	10,243.00	0.00	10,243.00	0.07
2016-2017	8,683.00	8,683.00	10,667.00	3,162.00	10,667.00	0.07
2015-2016	10,990.00	10,990.00	11,386.56	1,886.00	11,386.56	0.07
2013-2014	17,222.00	17,222.00	15,757.00	2,082.00	15,757.00	0.1
2009-2013	30,833.00	7,708.25	32,071.00	2,388.00	8,017.75	0.05

Sources: Technical report: Forest cover monitoring in Suriname using remote sensing techniques for the period 2000-2019 Forest Reference Emission Level for Suriname's REDD+ Programme- Government of Suriname (2018) Global forest resources assessment 2020 report Suriname-(2020) Ninth (9th) Environment Statistics Publication- ABS (2020)) SBB and UNIQUE (2017) Surinaamse Bosbouwsector Analyse Rapport 2019 - SBB (2021) Technical report: Forest cover monitoring in Suriname using remote sensing techniques for the period 2000-2015- SBB (2017)