Table 4. Forest extent in 2000 and its loss over the period of 2000–2012.
The forest extent and loss are calculated for geographical regions in absolute [103 km2] and relative values [%].
| Forest extent [103 km2] | Forest loss [103 km2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Total extent | Protected extent (of total extent) | Intact extent (of total extent) | Protected intact extent (of total intact extent) | Total loss (of total extent) | Protected loss (of total protected extent) | Intact loss (of total intact extent) | Protected intact loss (of total protected intact extent) |
| Australia and Oceania | 1,101 | 251 (23%) | 256 (23%) | 71 (28%) | 48 (4%) | 12 (5%) | 4 (2%) | 2 (3%) |
| Central America | 1,038 | 221 (21%) | 60 (6%) | 47 (78%) | 54 (5%) | 11 (5%) | 1 (1%) | 0.4 (1%) |
| Eastern Asia | 2,203 | 193 (9%) | 32 (1%) | 10 (33%) | 70 (3%) | 5 (3%) | 1 (5%) | 0.4 (4%) |
| Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 8,759 | 1,067 (12%) | 2,039 (23%) | 300 (15%) | 357 (4%) | 43 (4%) | 72 (4%) | 10 (3%) |
| Latin America | 9,665 | 3,322 (34%) | 4,400 (46%) | 2,415 (55%) | 531 (5%) | 41 (1%) | 31 (1%) | 9 (0.4%) |
| Middle and South Africa | 6,768 | 1,054 (16%) | 998 (15%) | 212 (21%) | 201 (3%) | 22 (2%) | 3 (0.3%) | 0.4 (0.2%) |
| Middle East | 188 | 12 (6%) | 4 (2%) | 0.4 (9%) | 3 (2%) | 0.1 (0.4%) | 0.004 (0.1%) | 0.0003 (0.1%) |
| North Africa | 219 | 15 (7%) | - (-) | - (-) | 2 (1%) | 0.2 (1%) | - (-) | - (-) |
| North America | 7,298 | 837 (11%) | 2,408 (33%) | 418 (17%) | 513 (7%) | 47 (6%) | 152 (6%) | 32 (8%) |
| South Asia | 592 | 84 (14%) | 31 (5%) | 8 (26%) | 10 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 0.1 (0%) | 0.03 (0.3%) |
| Southeastern Asia | 3,234 | 657 (20%) | 478 (15%) | 203 (42%) | 271 (8%) | 23 (4%) | 3 (0.7%) | 1 (0.3%) |
| Western Europe | 1,481 | 353 (24%) | 11 (0.8%) | 9 (81%) | 83 (6%) | 12 (3%) | 0.03 (0.2%) | 0.01 (0.1%) |
| Global | 42,562 | 8,068 (19%) | 10,717 (25%) | 3,693 (34%) | 2,144 (5%) | 219 (3%) | 269 (2.5%) | 55 (1.5%) |