This second issue of the biennial series of the African Compendium of

Environment Statistics, presents environmental and environment-related data for the African region. Like the first issue, it is also in many ways experimental but covers wider topics. A special feature of this issue is greenhouse gas emissions and mineral production in Africa.

The main objectives of the present assessment were: (i) to provide reliable and globally consistent information on the state of the tropical forests by 1990 and the rates of change during 1981 to 1990 and (ii) to undertake studies on the process of deforestation and forest degradation and their environmental implications.