Argentina
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ARGENTINA STATISTICS
Land area: 2,736,690 km2 Area of forest: 300,103.8 km2 % Land area forested: 11.0
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
3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf forest     3.7         101.3 8.9 8.8
4 Broadleaf evergreen forest 57.7   9973.0   25.5 0.3   112553.0 15273.0 13.6
5 Deciduous broadleaf forest 0.6   524.7     29.3   53137.5 1316.8 2.5
6 Freshwater swamp forest     12.0         3183.3 18.3 0.6
7 Sclerophyllous dry forest     5.7         7977.8 23.5 0.3
8 Disturbed natural forest     94.4   4.1 39.2   12651.3 439.5 3.5
9 Sparse trees and parkland 42.4   593.5   69.2     62376.3 4529.9 7.3
Tropical
15 Lower montane forest     260.6   264.4     4353.3 525.1 12.1
16 Upper montane forest               4.3 0.0 0.0
17 Freshwater swamp forest     1.0         10.3 1.0 9.8
18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest     1456.0   53.5     13782.8 1509.5 11.0
22 Disturbed natural forest     428.9   104.9     3600.5 533.8 14.8
23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest     259.9   131.2     3561.5 391.1 11.0
24 Sclerophyllous dry forest     2.5   0.2     21802.8 2.6 0.0
26 Sparse trees and parkland     27.4         1008.3 27.4 2.7
Total 100.8 0.0 13643.2 0.0 652.9 68.8 0.0 300103.8 24600.4 8.2

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09 January 2001 | Current date: 22 March 2001