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TABLE 1: SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Total number of regions and sites per Country, with the number of sites protected.

Country

Total No. of CF regions*

Total No of CF sites

Total No of sites with protection

Australia

1

2

0

Brunei Darussalam

1

5

5

Cambodia

1

1

0

China

1

1

1

India

1

3

3

Indonesia

12

66

29

Lao PDR

0

0

0

Malaysia

24

54

46

Myanmar

1

1

1

Papua New Guinea

3

28

2

Philippines

14

32

19

Sri Lanka

2

33

7

Thailand

1

1

1

Viet Nam

1

1

0

Total

63

228

114

 

TABLE 2: AFRICA

Total number of regions and sites per Country, with the number of sites protected.

 

Country

Total No. of CF regions*

Total No of CF sites

Total No of sites with protection

Angola

2

10

0

Burundi

2

2

0

Cote d'Ivoire

1

1

0

Cameroon

5

9

2

Equatorial Guinea

1

3

3

Ethiopia

2

2

1

Gabon

4

4

0

Guinea

1

1

0

Kenya

4

15

12

Liberia

1

1

0

Madagascar

3

4

2

Malawi

3

3

3

Mozambique

5

5

0

Nigeria

3

3

2

Reunion

1

2

0

Rwanda

3

4

2

Sao Tome and Principe

1

1

0

Sierra Leone

2

2

1

Tanzania

3

11

2

Uganda

4

4

3

Zaire

6

10

5

Total

57

97

38

*The term CF region refers to a sub-national grouping of cloud forest sites (see the section on Information Gathering for more details).

TABLE 3a: CENTRAL AMERICA

Total number of regions and sites per Country, with the number of sites protected.

Country

Total No of CF regions*

Total No of CF sites

Total No of sites with protection

Belize

1

1

1

Costa rica

4

14

10

El salvador

1

13

3

Guatemala

5

12

6

Mexico

6

64

7

Panama

8

16

9

Total

25

120

36

 

TABLE 3b: SOUTH AMERICA

Total number of regions and sites per Country, with the number of sites protected.

Country

Total No of CF regions*

Total No of CF sites

Total No of sites with protection

Bolivia

3

7

6

Brazil

2

6

7

Colombia

8

28

14

Ecuador

10

35

10

Peru

5

18

8

Venezuela

9

64

31

Total

37

160

76

 

TABLE 4: GLOBAL TOTALS

Total number of countries, and sites per country, with the number of sites protected.

Region

Total No of Countries

Total No of CF sites

Total No of sites with protection

Asia

14

228

114

Africa

21

97

38

Central America

6

120

36

South America

6

160

76

Global total

41

605

264

Philip Bubb
Tropical Montane Cloud Forest Initiative
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