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COLOMBIA STATISTICS
Land area: 1,038,700 km2 Area of forest: 656,394.0 km2 % Land area forested: 63.2
Forest Type Area Protected (km2) in IUCN Categories I-VI: Total Forest (km2) Total Protected (km2) % Protected
Ia Ib II III IV V VI
Tropical
14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf rain forest     30647.8 9028.8   13.7   445921.0 39690.4 8.9
15 Lower montane forest     4516.8         29621.0 4516.8 15.2
16 Upper montane forest     7775.6         31478.8 7775.6 24.7
17 Freshwater swamp forest               65.8 0.0 0.0
18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest     5790.3 4067.2       24644.5 9857.5 40.0
21 Mangrove 25.7   835.3         4608.8 861.0 18.7
22 Disturbed natural forest               116.0 0.0 0.0
23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest     5.9     5.2   23.8 11.0 46.4
25 Thorn forest               25.8 0.0 0.0
26 Sparse trees and parkland 46.1   3078.3 2.5   0.0   119888.8 3126.9 2.6
Total 71.8 0.0 52650.1 13098.5 0.0 18.9 0.0 656394.0 65839.3 10.0