Brazil - Map and Statistics
| BRAZIL STATISTICS | ||||||||||
| Land area: 8,456,510 km2 | Area of forest: 4,435,621.8 km2 | % Land area forested: 52.5 | ||||||||
| 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 | 532.2 | 0.0 | 5681.5 | 564.0 | 9.9 | ||||
| 3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf forest | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 4 Broadleaf evergreen forest | 137.2 | 1241.7 | 84.7 | 49.9 | 11.3 | 23341.0 | 1524.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf forest | 1.2 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 33.3 | ||||||
| 8 Disturbed natural forest | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 23.2 | |||||
| 9 Sparse trees and parkland | 62.3 | 0.5 | 20560.0 | 62.8 | 0.3 | |||||
| Tropical | ||||||||||
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf rain forest | 41027.2 | 56338.6 | 1285.5 | 164.6 | 89579.0 | 2272969.3 | 188394.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 15 Lower montane forest | 0.0 | 163.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 16 Upper montane forest | 511.4 | 7804.3 | 821.7 | 11537.4 | 54462.0 | 20674.8 | 38.0 | |||
| 17 Freshwater swamp forest | 409.6 | 10218.7 | 63582.8 | 10628.3 | 16.7 | |||||
| 18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest | 4427.1 | 4099.8 | 706.4 | 10374.4 | 543233.8 | 19607.6 | 3.6 | |||
| 20 Needleleaf forest | 80.8 | 384.3 | 80.8 | 21.0 | ||||||
| 21 Mangrove | 1101.9 | 1268.1 | 8.8 | 1.9 | 23110.5 | 2380.6 | 10.3 | |||
| 22 Disturbed natural forest | 0.6 | 21.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 | ||||||
| 23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest | 1419.9 | 686.6 | 374.2 | 73913.8 | 2480.7 | 3.4 | ||||
| 24 Sclerophyllous dry forest | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | ||||||
| 26 Sparse trees and parkland | 4061.6 | 17933.0 | 0.0 | 252.4 | 750.3 | 1354184.3 | 22997.3 | 1.7 | ||
| Total | 51298.2 | 0.0 | 91192.6 | 2191.9 | 1868.7 | 0.0 | 122848.2 | 4435621.8 | 269399.5 | 6.1 |
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