Uruguay
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URUGUAY STATISTICS
Land area: 174,810 km2 Area of forest: 4,070.5 km2 % Land area forested: 2.3
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     0.1 2.0 0.8     512.8 2.8 0.6
5 Deciduous broadleaf forest               5.8 0.0 0.0
6 Freshwater swamp forest       0.9   3.0   161.0 3.9 2.4
8 Disturbed natural forest         0.3 2.5   175.0 2.7 1.6
9 Sparse trees and parkland     1.0 3.3   47.2   3194.8 51.5 1.6
Tropical
18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest               21.3 0.0 0.0
Total 0.0 0.0 1.1 6.2 1.0 52.7 0.0 4070.5 61.0 1.5

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Revision date:
09 January 2001 | Current date: 22 March 2001