Africa - Map & Statistics
Protection Statistics Table
| AFRICA STATISTICS |
| Land area: 29,635,976 km2
|
Area of forest: 8,182,057.8
km2 |
% Land area forested:
27.6 |
| Forest
Type |
Area Protected
(km2) in IUCN Categories I-VI: |
Total
Forest (km2) |
Total
Protected (km2) |
% Protected |
| Ia |
Ib |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
VI |
| Temperate and Boreal |
| 3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf
forest |
330.2 |
19.9 |
376.5 |
0.0 |
11.4 |
1,005.1 |
0.0 |
32,627.0 |
1,742.9 |
5.3 |
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf
forest |
267.3 |
0.0 |
1,505.7 |
0.2 |
2,092.1 |
25.8 |
631.4 |
140,727.0 |
4,522.5 |
3.2 |
| 7 Sclerophyllous dry forest |
16.8 |
0.0 |
77.9 |
0.0 |
37.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
17,446.8 |
132.6 |
0.8 |
| 9 Sparse trees/parkland |
141.7 |
1.5 |
1,009.2 |
0.0 |
2,003.9 |
27.5 |
1,568.9 |
253,001.3 |
4,752.6 |
1.9 |
| Tropical |
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf
rainforest |
1,426.9 |
596.0 |
75,428.3 |
0.0 |
27,203.9 |
0.0 |
22,516.0 |
1,685,243.8 |
127,171.0 |
7.5 |
| 15 Lower montane forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
124.3 |
0.0 |
96.5 |
13.8 |
149.5 |
33,232.3 |
384.1 |
1.2 |
| 16 Upper montane forest |
876.9 |
0.0 |
8,166.2 |
0.0 |
3,890.0 |
0.0 |
12,211.5 |
156,341.3 |
25,144.6 |
16.1 |
| 17 Freshwater swamp forest |
342.7 |
0.0 |
2,262.8 |
0.0 |
77.4 |
0.0 |
193.9 |
196,729.0 |
2,876.8 |
1.5 |
| 18 Semi-evergreen moist
broadleaf forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,897.4 |
0.0 |
662.6 |
14.7 |
293.1 |
47,512.3 |
2,867.8 |
6.0 |
| 21 Mangrove |
13.3 |
0.0 |
360.7 |
0.0 |
645.3 |
0.0 |
159.6 |
53,804.5 |
1,178.9 |
2.2 |
| 22 Disturbed natural forest |
854.8 |
7.9 |
2,125.9 |
0.0 |
3,825.6 |
0.0 |
1,152.2 |
414,479.8 |
7,966.4 |
1.9 |
| 23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous
broadleaf forest |
1,280.5 |
358.6 |
95,146.6 |
48.4 |
82,752.0 |
225.7 |
91,375.6 |
2,243,589.8 |
271,187.4 |
12.1 |
| 25 Thorn forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,117.8 |
0.0 |
770.7 |
0.0 |
8,176.1 |
192,927.0 |
10,064.6 |
5.2 |
| 26 Sparse trees/parkland |
927.7 |
7.6 |
144,383.8 |
1,477.4 |
87,759.2 |
9.1 |
64,838.9 |
2,714,396.3 |
299,403.7 |
11.0 |
| Total |
6,478.6 |
991.5 |
333,983.0 |
1,526.0 |
211,828.6 |
1,321.7 |
203,266.6 |
8,182,057.8 |
759,396.0 |
9.3 |
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