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Map of forestry in South Africa
(Source: Forestry South Africa, Genesis Report)
Map of commercial plantations and major timber processing plants in KwaZulu-Natal
Land use in SA
Grazing – 68.6%
Arable – 13.8%
Nature conservation – 9.6%
Other – 6.9%
Forestry 1%
Total SA land area – 122.3 million hectares
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Plantation area by province
KwaZulu-Natal – 38.7%
Mpumalanga – 40.6%
Eastern Cape – 12.2%
Western Cape – 4.7%
Limpopo – 3.8%
Total plantation area – 1,3 million ha
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Plantation area by species
Pine – 52.5%
Eucalyptus – 39.1%
Wattle – 7.6%
Other – 0.8%
Total plantation area – 1 257 341 ha
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Plantation area by ownership
Corporates – 48.7%
Safcol – 10.2%
Commercial Farmers – 19.2%
State/Municipalities – 6.9%
Corporates (ex-Safcol) – 11.4%
Small Growers – 3.6%
Total plantation area – 1 257 341 ha
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Forest certification
A total of 1 572 568 ha is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Forestry’s value addition & share of GDP (2007/2008)
Forestry: net value addition – R2,151,107 million = 1% of SA GDP
Forest products: net value addition – R21,360,700 million
Forestry as a percentage to Manufacturing GDP = 6%
Forestry as a percentage to Agricultural GDP = 9.6%
Employment (2008)
Forestry employment – 77 000
Downstream employment – 462 000
Total jobs in forestry sector – 539 400
Timber markets (2006/2007)
Current timber demand 22.75 million cubic metres per annum
Current plantation can supply 20 million cubic metres per annum
New afforestation by region (2007/2008)
Mpumalanga and Limpopo – -26 ha
KwaZulu-Natal – 4 009 ha
Western and Eastern Cape – -40 ha
New afforestation by species (2007/2008)
Softwood – 549 ha
E. Grandis – 3 041 ha
Wattle – 314
Other – 41 ha
Information source
Roger Godsmark, Forestry SA.
Forestry SA represents over 90% of all registered timber growers in SA
forest@global.co.za
Tel: 011 803 3403/033 346 0344
www.saforestry.co.za
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