South America - Map & Statistics
Protection Statistics Table
| SOUTH AMERICA STATISTICS |
| Land area: 17,529,250 km2
|
Area of forest: 8,620,779.3
km2 |
% Land area forested:
49.2 |
| 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 |
31.8 |
0.0 |
532.2 |
0.0 |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
5,681.5 |
564.0 |
9.9 |
| 3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf
forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
5.3 |
654.8 |
11.8 |
1.8 |
| 4 Broadleaf evergreen
forest |
194.9 |
0.0 |
33,978.3 |
115.2 |
17,560.9 |
1,515.4 |
5,255.7 |
295,599.0 |
58,620.4 |
19.8 |
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf
forest |
0.6 |
0.0 |
546.5 |
0.0 |
15.2 |
29.3 |
762.2 |
59,167.5 |
1,353.8 |
2.3 |
| 6 Freshwater swamp forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
12.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
6.3 |
3,505.8 |
22.2 |
0.6 |
| 7 Sclerophyllous dry forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
10.2 |
0.0 |
4.2 |
0.0 |
17.9 |
8,094.3 |
32.3 |
0.4 |
| 8 Disturbed natural forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
236.4 |
0.0 |
81.7 |
83.0 |
302.3 |
18,279.5 |
703.4 |
3.8 |
| 9 Sparse trees and parkland |
46.2 |
0.0 |
1,189.9 |
25.3 |
174.6 |
57.2 |
3,826.4 |
128,598.5 |
5,319.5 |
4.1 |
| Tropical |
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf
rain forest |
50,142.7 |
0.0 |
217,739.0 |
79,786.3 |
37,675.5 |
87,560.2 |
276,197.8 |
4,344,174.3 |
749,101.5 |
17.2 |
| 15 Lower montane forest |
26.5 |
0.0 |
25,266.5 |
2.2 |
1,096.8 |
1.0 |
791.1 |
166,282.5 |
27,184.1 |
16.3 |
| 16 Upper montane forest |
511.4 |
0.0 |
31,820.0 |
1,003.7 |
479.3 |
4,974.3 |
16,843.2 |
292,789.5 |
55,631.9 |
19.0 |
| 17 Freshwater swamp forest |
67.6 |
0.0 |
1,660.8 |
0.0 |
1,245.5 |
0.0 |
13,060.6 |
116,540.8 |
16,034.5 |
13.8 |
| 18 Semi-evergreen moist
broadleaf forest |
4,492.9 |
0.0 |
13,218.1 |
4,069.0 |
2,300.5 |
410.3 |
10,538.8 |
741,001.3 |
35,029.5 |
4.7 |
| 20 Needleleaf forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
160.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
94.4 |
0.0 |
469.8 |
255.2 |
54.3 |
| 21 Mangrove |
1,447.5 |
0.0 |
3,220.9 |
9.6 |
663.4 |
1,992.1 |
3,076.9 |
39,158.0 |
10,410.4 |
26.6 |
| 22 Disturbed natural forest |
51.5 |
0.0 |
5,914.6 |
84.7 |
240.8 |
73.3 |
3,459.9 |
130,166.5 |
9,824.8 |
7.5 |
| 23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous
broadleaf forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
12,753.3 |
273.2 |
978.5 |
14,468.0 |
20,257.7 |
188,686.8 |
48,730.6 |
25.8 |
| 24 Sclerophyllous dry
forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
34,510.9 |
0.0 |
1,658.2 |
70.2 |
2,113.8 |
329,853.0 |
38,353.1 |
11.6 |
| 25 Thorn forest |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,014.9 |
33.1 |
92.6 |
1,990.5 |
193.0 |
22,559.5 |
3,324.1 |
14.7 |
| 26 Sparse trees and parkland |
4,847.7 |
0.0 |
32,946.9 |
1,132.4 |
566.1 |
7,008.6 |
7,504.9 |
1,727,812.5 |
54,006.5 |
3.1 |
| 27 Exotic species plantations |
0.0 |
0.0 |
7.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
10.7 |
0.0 |
1,704.3 |
17.8 |
1.0 |
| Total |
61,861.3 |
0.0 |
416,743.0 |
86,537.6 |
64,834.6 |
120,341.4 |
364,213.5 |
8,620,779.3 |
1,114,531.4 |
12.9 |
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