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PERU STATISTICS
Land area: 1,280,000 km2 Area of forest: 884,142.0 km2 % Land area forested: 69.1
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 24.5   22111.0 8.3 2.3   23692.8 622638.5 45838.9 7.4
15 Lower montane forest     285.4       62.8 2258.0 348.1 15.4
16 Upper montane forest     2937.3 105.5 55.1   400.8 116527.5 3498.5 3.0
17 Freshwater swamp forest     902.3       85.2 5336.8 987.5 18.5
18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest     59.6 1.8     161.2 2110.3 222.6 10.5
21 Mangrove       1.9       34.0 1.9 5.5
22 Disturbed natural forest     3969.1 84.7 23.2   3455.4 100289.0 7532.4 7.5
23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest     475.9 5.5     66.8 8396.8 548.1 6.5
24 Sclerophyllous dry forest     25.3         142.0 25.3 17.8
26 Sparse trees and parkland     379.5 18.3     372.6 26409.3 770.4 2.9
Total 24.5 0.0 31145.2 225.9 80.6 0.0 28297.6 884142.0 59773.8 6.8