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. 2012 Aug 8;7(8):e42309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042309

Table 2. Single point estimates of change in forest area for each time period by state and overall Southern Mexican region.

State name Area (ha) Forest cover area in ha (% forest cover area) Total forest loss in ha(% annual rate) Total net change in ha(% annual rate)
1990 2000 2006 1990–2000 2000–2006 1990–2000 2000–2006
Tabasco 2,293,546 320,872 (14.0) 340,231 (14.8) 322,668 (14.1) −52,257 (−1.76) −17,572 (−0.88) 19,360 (0.59) −17,563 (−0.88)
Veracruz 2,146,550 439,563 (20.5) 337,373 (15.7) 327,032 (15.2) −108,796 (−2.80) −10,975 (−0.55) −102,191 (−2.61) −10.341 (−0.52)
Chiapas 7,187,712 3,702,056 (51.5) 3,620,110 (50.4) 3,579,399 (49.8) −135,711 (−0.37) −40,727 (−0.19) −81,946 (−0.22) −40,711 (−0.19)
Yucatán 3,725,287 1,348,997 (36.2) 1,340,390 (36.0) 1,306,575 (35.1) −98,472 (−0.76) −38,328 (−0.48) −8607 (−0.06) −33,814 (−0.42)
Quintana Roo 4,675,433 3,321,905 (71.0) 3,190,321 (68.2) 3,137,660 (67.1) −156,640 (−0.48) −75,793 (−0.40) −131,584 (−0.40) −52,661 (−0.28)
Oaxaca 2,537,552 1,746,372 (68.8) 1,713,246 (67.5) 1,697,387 (66.9) −33,312 (−0.19) −15,864 (−0.15) −33,126 (−0.19) −15,859 (−0.15)
Campeche 4,984,545 2,983,837 (59.9) 2,874,919 (57.7) 2,819,381 (56.6) −122,285 (−0.42) −60,067 (−0.35) −108,918 (−0.37) −55,538 (−0.32)
Overall region 27,550,626 13,863,602 (50.3) 13,416,590 (48.7) 13,190,102 (47.9) −707,474 (−0.52) −259,327 (−0.32) −447,013 (−0.33) −226,488 (−0.28)