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| Table 15
Estimates of forest cover area and rate of deforestation by main ecological zone |
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| Ecological zone |
Land area |
Population density 1990 |
Annual pop. growth 1981-90 1 |
Forest cover 1990
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Annual deforestation 1981-90 1
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million ha |
inh / km2 |
% per annum |
million ha |
% land area |
million ha |
% per annum |
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| Forest zone |
4 189.7 |
57 |
2.4 |
1 748.2 |
42 |
15.3 |
0.8 |
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| Lowland formations |
3 476.6 |
57 |
2.3 |
1 543.9 |
44 |
12.8 |
0.8 |
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| Rainforest |
937.1 |
41 |
2.2 |
718.3 |
76 |
4.6 |
0.6 |
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| Moist deciduous |
1 298.6 |
55 |
2.4 |
587.3 |
46 |
6.1 |
1.0 |
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| Dry and very dry |
1 241.0 |
70 |
2.3 |
238.3 |
19 |
2.2 |
0.9 |
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| Upland formations
(hill and mountain forest) |
713.1 |
56 |
2.6 |
204.3 |
29 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
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| Non-forest zone
(Alpine areas deserts) |
588.6 |
15 |
3.1 |
8.1 |
1 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
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| TOTAL TROPICS 2 |
4 778.3 |
51 |
2.4 |
1 756.3 |
37 |
15.4 |
0.8 |
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| TOTAL NON TROPICS |
2 805.6 |
55 |
1.6 |
180.2 |
6 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
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| TOTAL DEVELOPING |
7 583.6 |
52 |
2.1 |
1 936.5 |
26 |
16.3 |
0.8 |
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1 Compound interest formulae were used for population growth and deforestation rate calculations.
2 Totals may not tally due to rounding.
Source: FORIS database
