Central America - Map and
Statistics
Protection Statistics Table
| CENTRAL AMERICA STATISTICS |
| Land area: 2,419,420 km2
|
Area of forest: 942,363.8
km2 |
% Land area forested:
38.9 |
| 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 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,555.9 |
33.7 |
2,069.5 |
756.9 |
3,783.4 |
164,405.3 |
8,199.4 |
5.0 |
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf
forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| 7 Sclerophyllous dry forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
649.7 |
69.2 |
48,324.8 |
718.8 |
1.5 |
| 9 Sparse trees/parkland |
0.0 |
0.1 |
15.7 |
0.0 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
247.3 |
13,026.8 |
266.4 |
2.0 |
| Tropical |
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf
rainforest |
13,601.9 |
0.0 |
10,568.1 |
634.8 |
3,398.8 |
252.9 |
23,672.4 |
245,466.3 |
52,128.9 |
21.2 |
| 15 Lower montane forest |
2.6 |
0.0 |
3,737.7 |
0.0 |
290.5 |
0.0 |
4,662.9 |
186,798.3 |
8,693.7 |
4.7 |
| 16 Upper montane forest |
326.7 |
0.0 |
3,273.3 |
0.0 |
448.3 |
0.0 |
4,043.6 |
88,930.5 |
8,091.9 |
9.1 |
| 17 Freshwater swamp forest |
2,861.7 |
0.0 |
780.3 |
15.5 |
995.5 |
0.0 |
403.6 |
13,209.5 |
5,056.7 |
38.3 |
| 18 Semi-evergreen moist
broadleaf forest |
405.9 |
0.0 |
978.6 |
1.5 |
836.0 |
0.0 |
3,114.1 |
9,785.0 |
5,336.2 |
54.5 |
| 19 Mixed needleleaf/broadleaf
forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
36.5 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
449.8 |
17,015.5 |
489.2 |
2.9 |
| 20 Needleleaf forest |
9.2 |
0.0 |
789.6 |
0.2 |
845.7 |
0.0 |
401.6 |
42,745.3 |
2,046.4 |
4.8 |
| 21 Mangrove |
76.6 |
0.0 |
144.7 |
26.5 |
1,684.3 |
6.4 |
876.6 |
16,393.3 |
2,815.1 |
17.2 |
| 22 Disturbed natural forest |
140.1 |
0.0 |
7.5 |
23.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
110.9 |
9,458.5 |
282.0 |
3.0 |
| 23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous
broadleaf forest |
0.1 |
0.0 |
998.6 |
0.0 |
590.4 |
0.2 |
1,027.2 |
61,199.8 |
2,616.4 |
4.3 |
| 25 Thorn forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
60.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
137.8 |
3,450.3 |
198.1 |
5.7 |
| 26 Sparse trees/parkland |
0.0 |
0.0 |
20.3 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
0.0 |
389.1 |
22,153.5 |
434.5 |
2.0 |
| Total |
17,424.9 |
0.1 |
22,967.2 |
735.3 |
11,190.7 |
1,666.1 |
43,389.4 |
942,363.8 |
97,373.7 |
10.3 |
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