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GUYANA STATISTICS
Land area: 196,850 km2 Area of forest: 180,685.0 km2 % Land area forested: 91.8
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     524.7 0.6     13.8 46436.0 539.1 1.2
15 Lower montane forest     48.2 2.2     0.1 63106.5 50.4 0.1
16 Upper montane forest     20.3         168.0 20.3 12.1
17 Freshwater swamp forest     16.7       2.6 24252.3 19.3 0.1
18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest               15076.8 0.0 0.0
21 Mangrove               1636.0 0.0 0.0
23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest             34.1 4573.8 34.1 0.7
24 Sclerophyllous dry forest     230.6         25175.8 230.6 0.9
25 Thorn forest               163.8 0.0 0.0
26 Sparse trees and parkland               96.3 0.0 0.0
Total 0.0 0.0 840.5 2.7 0.0 0.0 50.7 180685.0 893.9 0.5