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 |
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