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PARAGUAY STATISTICS
Land area: 397,300 km2 Area of forest: 309,306.8 km2 % Land area forested: 77.9
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
4 Broadleaf evergreen forest     1216.5 3.9 152.0     24080.0 1372.5 5.7
5 Deciduous broadleaf forest     0.7   11.9     1194.8 12.6 1.1
6 Freshwater swamp forest               117.3 0.0 0.0
7 Sclerophyllous dry forest               1.0 0.0 0.0
8 Disturbed natural forest     21.2   14.0   0.0 3084.3 35.2 1.1
9 Sparse trees and parkland 3.8   532.2 22.0 90.3   1.1 39906.5 649.3 1.6
Tropical
14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf rain forest     331.5         4113.0 331.5 8.1
15 Lower montane forest               3.0 0.0 0.0
16 Upper montane forest     841.8         13562.0 841.8 6.2
17 Freshwater swamp forest               12.0 0.0 0.0
18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest     105.2   599.1     28217.3 704.3 2.5
22 Disturbed natural forest     1515.1       0.3 24863.0 1515.4 6.1
23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest     16.0         427.0 16.0 3.8
24 Sclerophyllous dry forest     546.0         46886.8 546.0 1.2
26 Sparse trees and parkland     3384.9       4.6 122839.0 3389.4 2.8
Total 3.8 0.0 8511.1 25.9 867.2 0.0 6.0 309306.8 9414.0 3.0