Countries with
significant areas of unprotected cloud forest
By
examining, on a national basis, using the modelled distribution of cloud forests given here , countries which have significant areas of cloud
forest outside of protected areas we can see areas with further potential (and
likely need) for forest protection. The
countries with the greatest areas of unprotected cloud forest are Democratic
Republic of Congo, Brazil, Indonesia, Peru and Colombia. Those with the greatest proportion of their
forests unprotected are Laos, Burundi, PNG, Taiwan, Honduras and Ecuador.
Country name
% unprotected CF
Country name
Unprotected cloud forest Km2
Laos
23.3
Democratic Republic of Congo
216291
Burundi
20.2
Brazil
186655
Papua New Guinea
20.1
Indonesia
184536
Taiwan
19.7
Peru
146210
Honduras
17.4
Colombia
130907
Ecuador
17.3
Mexico
130806
Rwanda
17.1
Papua New Guinea
107843
Guatemala
16.4
Tanzania
97048
China
13.4
Angola
77963
Uganda
13.3
Ethiopia
69302
Mexico
11.4
Laos
66076
Costa Rica
10.8
Madagascar
64517
Colombia
9.8
Myanmar (Burma)
60788
Myanmar (Burma)
9.7
China
54797
Peru
9.5
Venezuela
54438
Malaysia
9.3
Bolivia
53561
Madagascar
8.8
Ecuador
51608
Tanzania
8.8
Cameroon
40248
Indonesia
8.4
Uganda
37577
Lesotho
8.0
Zambia
36762
Dominican Republic
7.9
Malaysia
35672
Democratic Republic of Congo
7.9
Vietnam
27793
Philippines
7.8
Philippines
26769
Comoros
7.7
South Africa
26537
Cameroon
7.4
Kenya
24240
Vietnam
7.0
Honduras
23439
Angola
5.2
Guatemala
21713
Ethiopia
5.2
Argentina
14399
Venezuela
5.1
Zimbabwe
13784
Malawi
4.8
Thailand
12143
Panama
4.7
Guyana
9878
Zambia
4.1
Gabon
9745
Bolivia
4.0
Mozambique
9397
Guyana
4.0
India
7260
Kenya
3.5595
Malawi
6846
El Salvador
3.2410
Costa Rica
6486
Gabon
3.2015
Burundi
6445
Zimbabwe
2.8606
Congo
6191
Sri Lanka
2.4328
Rwanda
5036
Sao Tome and Principe
2.2561
Dominican Republic
4689
Nicaragua
2.2156
Panama
4065
Haiti
1.9947
Taiwan
3912
Thailand
1.9604
Nicaragua
3393
Solomon Islands
1.8789
Lesotho
3254
Brazil
1.8347
Sudan
3204
South Africa
1.6290
Australia
2146
Congo
1.5375
Sri Lanka
1876
Swaziland
1.4851
Central African Republic
1680
Vanuatu
1.4458
Chile
1573
Mozambique
0.9769
Nigeria
1209
Argentina
0.6249
Guinea
1048
Guinea
0.3607
El Salvador
800
India
0.3566
Haiti
655
Jamaica
0.3399
Solomon Islands
562
Chile
0.3156
Swaziland
332
Equatorial Guinea
0.2722
Cuba
243
Central African Republic
0.2307
Vanuatu
203
Cuba
0.1812
Ivory Coast
180
Brunei
0.1750
Namibia
159
New Zealand
0.1679
Liberia
155
Liberia
0.1383
Comoros
146
New Caledonia
0.1359
Yemen
142
Nigeria
0.1122
Somalia
132
Sudan
0.1067
Cambodia
93
Ivory Coast
0.0476
Equatorial Guinea
85
Eritrea
0.0435
Eritrea
63
Countries with significant areas of
unprotected cloud forest ranked by proportion and area.
Conservation priority 
