Global Forests
Statistics
Protection
Statistics Table
| GLOBAL STATISTICS |
| Land area: 130,740,587 km2
|
Area of forest: 45,382,296.4
km2 |
% Land area forested:
34.7 |
| 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 |
62,855.0 |
129,481.3 |
214,939.6 |
6,098.5 |
147,460.8 |
105,267.3 |
450,682.4 |
8,045,880.3 |
1,116,784.9 |
13.9 |
| 2 Deciduous needleleaf
forest |
25,162.7 |
67.95 |
3,721.1 |
0.0 |
781.7 |
16.7 |
6,957.8 |
3,615,991.3 |
36,708.0 |
1.0 |
| 3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf
forest |
5,708.4 |
4,065.15 |
51,700.4 |
276.7 |
54,849.1 |
43,787.7 |
34,999.6 |
2,020,162.5 |
195,387.0 |
9.7 |
| 4 Broadleaf evergreen
forest |
2,290.4 |
1,579.30 |
48,336.0 |
1,491.4 |
18,160.9 |
4,583.8 |
6,354.0 |
345,776.8 |
82,795.7 |
23.9 |
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf
forest |
30,460.1 |
13,273.33 |
49,095.5 |
2,199.5 |
50,312.3 |
70,908.2 |
139,616.2 |
3,873,399.1 |
355,865.2 |
9.2 |
| 6 Freshwater swamp forest |
0.0 |
1,045.89 |
123.9 |
68.9 |
3,247.1 |
464.2 |
4,706.1 |
125,556.8 |
9,656.1 |
7.7 |
| 7 Sclerophyllous dry forest |
3,160.9 |
15,232.51 |
30,069.5 |
1,156.4 |
5,229.6 |
9,145.5 |
82,201.2 |
754,497.2 |
146,195.6 |
19.4 |
| 8 Disturbed natural forest |
7.3 |
0.00 |
1,571.7 |
0.0 |
726.9 |
83.0 |
1,030.7 |
60,080.5 |
3,419.6 |
5.7 |
| 9 Sparse trees/parkland |
64,787.1 |
57,766.83 |
119,144.0 |
8,967.0 |
120,049.7 |
41,521.7 |
57,358.5 |
5,823,171.6 |
469,594.8 |
8.1 |
| 10 Exotic species plantations |
114.5 |
0.00 |
1,888.5 |
0.0 |
650.5 |
3,091.6 |
0.0 |
65,338.3 |
5,745.2 |
8.8 |
| 11 Native
species plantations |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
| 12 Unspecified Forest
Plantation |
11.3 |
0.00 |
44.8 |
9.2 |
31.2 |
9.5 |
0.0 |
8,073.1 |
105.9 |
1.3 |
| 13 Unclassified forest
data |
5,951.1 |
0.0 |
1,501.2 |
241.5 |
5,395.7 |
1,440.3 |
0.0 |
264,541.6 |
14,529.8 |
5.5 |
| Tropical |
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf
rainforest |
70,778.3 |
704.1 |
339,113.2 |
80,422.9 |
86,904.1 |
89,777.2 |
338,990.5 |
7,296,908.0 |
1,006,690.4 |
13.8 |
| 15 Lower montane forest |
3,242.8 |
0.0 |
42,465.0 |
22.7 |
7,521.0 |
1,124.3 |
17,416.0 |
622,225.0 |
71,791.8 |
11.5 |
| 16 Upper montane forest |
5,756.4 |
0.0 |
60,285.8 |
1,020.1 |
10,598.4 |
5,034.9 |
36,918.0 |
717,294.8 |
119,613.5 |
16.7 |
| 17 Freshwater swamp forest |
3,496.0 |
0.02 |
10,342.6 |
15.5 |
11,408.0 |
52.7 |
15,376.9 |
532,390.0 |
40,691.8 |
7.6 |
| 18 Semi-evergreen moist
broadleaf forest |
6,585.0 |
0.0 |
36,202.1 |
4,120.9 |
22,000.5 |
3,141.6 |
20,667.8 |
1,109,626.8 |
92,717.8 |
8.4 |
| 19 Mixed needleleaf/broadleaf
forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
445.8 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
449.8 |
17,731.3 |
898.5 |
5.1 |
| 20 Needleleaf forest |
226.3 |
0.0 |
2,809.5 |
0.2 |
1,507.7 |
145.1 |
629.0 |
56,027.5 |
5,317.8 |
9.5 |
| 21 Mangrove |
3,517.5 |
1,039.0 |
8,846.0 |
108.9 |
9,012.1 |
2,584.8 |
4,799.1 |
216,431.4 |
29,907.4 |
13.8 |
| 22 Disturbed natural forest |
1,148.3 |
7.9 |
8,540.3 |
107.7 |
5,205.8 |
849.2 |
13,994.2 |
838,901.5 |
29,853.5 |
3.6 |
| 23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous
broadleaf forest |
2,284.1 |
358.7 |
133,912.4 |
422.2 |
126,744.7 |
19,157.2 |
114,958.0 |
3,178,576.0 |
397,837.3 |
12.5 |
| 24 Sclerophyllous dry
forest |
8.4 |
0.0 |
42,793.5 |
4.6 |
1,761.2 |
1,305.6 |
3,298.4 |
435,098.3 |
49,171.6 |
11.3 |
| 25 Thorn forest |
24.3 |
0.0 |
2,536.9 |
33.1 |
2,131.2 |
2,073.0 |
8,537.2 |
257,116.5 |
15,335.7 |
6.0 |
| 26 Sparse trees/parkland |
10,871.1 |
7.6 |
217,379.2 |
2,736.5 |
89,447.6 |
8,082.9 |
76,034.0 |
5,082,842.3 |
404,558.9 |
8.0 |
| 27 Exotic species plantations |
0.0 |
114.2 |
161.2 |
0.0 |
104.9 |
181.8 |
283.5 |
18,260.3 |
845.7 |
4.6 |
| 28 Native species plantations |
0.0 |
0.0 |
16.5 |
0.0 |
5.8 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
398.3 |
22.5 |
5.7 |
| Total |
308,447.2 |
224,743.8 |
1,427,986.3 |
109,524.5 |
781,251.4 |
413,829.8 |
1,436,259.0 |
45,382,296.4 |
4,702,042.0 |
10.4 |
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