Table 5.

Major habitat types—global coverage and the area protected.

	habitat name	total habitat area (1000 km2)	total area protected (1000 km2)	proportion protected (%)
1	tropical moist forest	9306	2798	23
2	tropical dry broadleaf forest	2830	342	11
3	tropical and subtropical needle-leaf forest	2044	304	13
4	temperate and boreal broadleaf forest	3965	577	13
5	temperate and boreal mixed forest	3057	376	11
6	temperate and boreal needle-leaf forest	9210	1539	14
7	temperate and boreal sparse forest	1359	219	14
8	savannah, tree cover mosaic	1850	386	17
9	savannah, tropical shrubland	5562	890	14
10	tropical grassland, savannahs	5795	763	12
11	shrubland, subtropical	2480	254	9
12	temperate grassland	6376	1175	16
13	shrubland, subboreal	1276	301	19
14	warm semidesert	6274	617	9
15	warm desert	10 769	1458	12
16	cold semidesert	5676	304	5
17	cold desert	3259	309	9
18	shrubland, boreal and sub-polar	2299	359	14
19	tundra	3972	710	15
20	polar and high-altitude desert	739	161	18
21	snow and ice	14 275	1130	7
24	cropland and natural vegetation mosaic	6388	535	8
25	cropland	16 523	866	5
26	urban and built-up	257	12	5
29	no data	338	91	21
	mountains	39 433 364	5 996 622	15
	mangrove	233 588	44 002	19
	coral reefs	255 339	53 632	21