Peru - Map and Statistics
| PERU STATISTICS | ||||||||||
| Land area: 1,280,000 km2 | Area of forest: 884,142.0 km2 | % Land area forested: 69.1 | ||||||||
| Forest Type | Area Protected (km2) in IUCN Categories I-VI: | Total Forest (km2) | Total Protected (km2) | % Protected | ||||||
| Ia | Ib | II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||
| Tropical | ||||||||||
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf rain forest | 24.5 | 22111.0 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 23692.8 | 622638.5 | 45838.9 | 7.4 | ||
| 15 Lower montane forest | 285.4 | 62.8 | 2258.0 | 348.1 | 15.4 | |||||
| 16 Upper montane forest | 2937.3 | 105.5 | 55.1 | 400.8 | 116527.5 | 3498.5 | 3.0 | |||
| 17 Freshwater swamp forest | 902.3 | 85.2 | 5336.8 | 987.5 | 18.5 | |||||
| 18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest | 59.6 | 1.8 | 161.2 | 2110.3 | 222.6 | 10.5 | ||||
| 21 Mangrove | 1.9 | 34.0 | 1.9 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 22 Disturbed natural forest | 3969.1 | 84.7 | 23.2 | 3455.4 | 100289.0 | 7532.4 | 7.5 | |||
| 23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest | 475.9 | 5.5 | 66.8 | 8396.8 | 548.1 | 6.5 | ||||
| 24 Sclerophyllous dry forest | 25.3 | 142.0 | 25.3 | 17.8 | ||||||
| 26 Sparse trees and parkland | 379.5 | 18.3 | 372.6 | 26409.3 | 770.4 | 2.9 | ||||
| Total | 24.5 | 0.0 | 31145.2 | 225.9 | 80.6 | 0.0 | 28297.6 | 884142.0 | 59773.8 | 6.8 |
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