Middle East - Map and Statistics
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| MIDDLE EAST STATISTICS | ||||||||||
| Land area: 10,451,620 km2 | Area of forest: 287,526.3 km2 | % Land area forested: 2.8 | ||||||||
| 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 | 704.1 | 0.1 | 525.7 | 0.0 | 1,441.4 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 37,623.8 | 2,686.6 | 7.1 |
| 2 Deciduous needleleaf forest | 91.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,914.0 | 96.0 | 5.0 |
| 3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 10,288.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf forest | 1,151.9 | 0.0 | 185.3 | 0.0 | 922.4 | 175.4 | 0.0 | 45,068.3 | 2,435.0 | 5.4 |
| 7 Sclerophyllous dry forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,383.0 | 3.9 | 759.2 | 1,811.4 | 51.0 | 103,726.3 | 4,008.6 | 3.9 |
| 9 Sparse trees/parkland | 256.3 | 0.3 | 791.8 | 0.0 | 1,375.6 | 167.0 | 8.6 | 87,891.3 | 2,599.7 | 3.0 |
| Tropical | ||||||||||
| 21 Mangrove | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 198.5 | 0.0 | 1,001.8 | 201.5 | 20.1 |
| 26 Sparse trees/parkland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 2,203.9 | 0.4 | 2,888.8 | 3.9 | 4,503.0 | 2,370.0 | 59.6 | 287,526.3 | 12,029.6 | 4.2 |
Click here for a summary pie chart of all forest type's protection by IUCN Category,
or on each of the forest types below for summary pie charts by type:
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