| North America - Map & Statistics
Protection Statistics
Table
| NORTH AMERICA STATISTICS |
| Land area: 18,380,370 km2
|
Area of forest: 9,060,344.0
km2 |
% Land area forested:
49.3 |
| 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 |
| 1 Evergreen needleleaf
forest |
8,529.3 |
124,115.5 |
162,240.8 |
5,808.0 |
121,391.9 |
51,436.2 |
448,056.2 |
4,077,813.5 |
921,577.9 |
22.6 |
| 2 Deciduous needleleaf
forest |
0.0 |
67.8 |
308.9 |
0.0 |
116.6 |
16.7 |
6,957.8 |
11,290.8 |
7,467.9 |
66.1 |
| 3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf
forest |
3,404.9 |
3,597.8 |
42,537.9 |
183.1 |
44,631.1 |
14,926.6 |
26,302.7 |
1,229,061.0 |
135,584.0 |
11.0 |
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf
forest |
441.2 |
13,174.3 |
22,059.2 |
1,951.5 |
32,989.3 |
30,311.1 |
125,538.7 |
1,271,077.3 |
226,465.2 |
17.8 |
| 6 Freshwater swamp forest |
0.0 |
1,045.9 |
111.9 |
68.0 |
3,216.5 |
461.2 |
4,699.8 |
120,388.3 |
9,603.4 |
8.0 |
| 7 Sclerophyllous dry forest |
313.4 |
10,513.8 |
3,954.2 |
1,031.3 |
838.7 |
1,350.0 |
77,976.4 |
224,366.8 |
95,977.7 |
42.8 |
| 9 Sparse trees/parkland |
4,389.8 |
39,188.8 |
79,719.4 |
7,392.0 |
102,996.5 |
34,566.3 |
34,333.1 |
2,117,783.5 |
302,585.8 |
14.3 |
| Tropical |
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf
rainforest |
0.0 |
108.2 |
122.1 |
0.0 |
21.7 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
4,337.8 |
255.2 |
5.9 |
| 21 Mangrove |
0.0 |
1,029.8 |
1,234.0 |
0.0 |
88.5 |
80.4 |
0.0 |
1,793.0 |
2,432.7 |
135.7 |
| 27 Exotic species plantations |
0.0 |
114.2 |
153.6 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
19.7 |
0.0 |
2,432.3 |
288.9 |
11.9 |
| Total |
17,078.6 |
192,956.1 |
312,441.9 |
16,433.8 |
306,292.3 |
133,171.4 |
723,864.6 |
9,060,344.0 |
1,702,238.7 |
18.8 |
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