South America - Map and
Statistics
| SOUTH AMERICA STATISTICS | ||||||||||
| Land area: 17,529,250 km2 | Area of forest: 8,620,779.3 km2 | % Land area forested: 49.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | 0.0 | 532.2 | 0.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5,681.5 | 564.0 | 9.9 |
| 3 Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 654.8 | 11.8 | 1.8 |
| 4 Broadleaf evergreen forest | 194.9 | 0.0 | 33,978.3 | 115.2 | 17,560.9 | 1,515.4 | 5,255.7 | 295,599.0 | 58,620.4 | 19.8 |
| 5 Deciduous broadleaf forest | 0.6 | 0.0 | 546.5 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 29.3 | 762.2 | 59,167.5 | 1,353.8 | 2.3 |
| 6 Freshwater swamp forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 3,505.8 | 22.2 | 0.6 |
| 7 Sclerophyllous dry forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 8,094.3 | 32.3 | 0.4 |
| 8 Disturbed natural forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 236.4 | 0.0 | 81.7 | 83.0 | 302.3 | 18,279.5 | 703.4 | 3.8 |
| 9 Sparse trees and parkland | 46.2 | 0.0 | 1,189.9 | 25.3 | 174.6 | 57.2 | 3,826.4 | 128,598.5 | 5,319.5 | 4.1 |
| Tropical | ||||||||||
| 14 Lowland evergreen broadleaf rain forest | 50,142.7 | 0.0 | 217,739.0 | 79,786.3 | 37,675.5 | 87,560.2 | 276,197.8 | 4,344,174.3 | 749,101.5 | 17.2 |
| 15 Lower montane forest | 26.5 | 0.0 | 25,266.5 | 2.2 | 1,096.8 | 1.0 | 791.1 | 166,282.5 | 27,184.1 | 16.3 |
| 16 Upper montane forest | 511.4 | 0.0 | 31,820.0 | 1,003.7 | 479.3 | 4,974.3 | 16,843.2 | 292,789.5 | 55,631.9 | 19.0 |
| 17 Freshwater swamp forest | 67.6 | 0.0 | 1,660.8 | 0.0 | 1,245.5 | 0.0 | 13,060.6 | 116,540.8 | 16,034.5 | 13.8 |
| 18 Semi-evergreen moist broadleaf forest | 4,492.9 | 0.0 | 13,218.1 | 4,069.0 | 2,300.5 | 410.3 | 10,538.8 | 741,001.3 | 35,029.5 | 4.7 |
| 20 Needleleaf forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 160.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 94.4 | 0.0 | 469.8 | 255.2 | 54.3 |
| 21 Mangrove | 1,447.5 | 0.0 | 3,220.9 | 9.6 | 663.4 | 1,992.1 | 3,076.9 | 39,158.0 | 10,410.4 | 26.6 |
| 22 Disturbed natural forest | 51.5 | 0.0 | 5,914.6 | 84.7 | 240.8 | 73.3 | 3,459.9 | 130,166.5 | 9,824.8 | 7.5 |
| 23 Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12,753.3 | 273.2 | 978.5 | 14,468.0 | 20,257.7 | 188,686.8 | 48,730.6 | 25.8 |
| 24 Sclerophyllous dry forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34,510.9 | 0.0 | 1,658.2 | 70.2 | 2,113.8 | 329,853.0 | 38,353.1 | 11.6 |
| 25 Thorn forest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,014.9 | 33.1 | 92.6 | 1,990.5 | 193.0 | 22,559.5 | 3,324.1 | 14.7 |
| 26 Sparse trees and parkland | 4,847.7 | 0.0 | 32,946.9 | 1,132.4 | 566.1 | 7,008.6 | 7,504.9 | 1,727,812.5 | 54,006.5 | 3.1 |
| 27 Exotic species plantations | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 1,704.3 | 17.8 | 1.0 |
| Total | 61,861.3 | 0.0 | 416,743.0 | 86,537.6 | 64,834.6 | 120,341.4 | 364,213.5 | 8,620,779.3 | 1,114,531.4 | 12.9 |
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