Table 2. Area and percentage of forest loss both inside and outside the 788 federal, state and municipal county Conservation Units in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes examined in this study.
Reserve groups and categories are listed in accordance with the reserve classification sanctioned by the National System for Conservation Units (SNUC Law 9,985/2000).
| N | Total area (ha) | Internal deforestation (%) | External deforestation (%) | Mean area (ha) | SD | Smallest (ha) | Largest (ha) | Mean internal deforestation (%) | SD | Mean external deforestation (%) | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazonia | ||||||||||||
| Strictly protected reserves | ||||||||||||
| Biological reserve | 13 | 4,899,773 | 2.58 | 13.57 | 376,906 | 330,856 | 25,068 | 1,147,322 | 3.53 | 7.41 | 11.32 | 14.31 |
| Ecological station | 17 | 10,081,020 | 0.70 | 5.62 | 593,001 | 1,189,625 | 126 | 4,203,563 | 5.83 | 17.45 | 13.19 | 21.07 |
| Park | 43 | 26,034,053 | 0.86 | 12.47 | 605,443 | 792,182 | 1,192 | 3,830,538 | 6.17 | 13.01 | 19.33 | 25.39 |
| Natural monument | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wildlife refuge | 1 | 6,369 | 22.20 | 78.10 | 22.20 | 78.10 | ||||||
| Subtotal | 74 | 41,021,215 | 1.02 | 11.39 | 554,341 | 848,795 | 5.84 | 13.51 | 17.31 | 23.98 | ||
| Sustainable use reserves | ||||||||||||
| National/state forest | 55 | 27,951,887 | 1.34 | 11.33 | 508,216 | 699,233 | 434 | 3,604,057 | 6.16 | 12.53 | 17.28 | 21.81 |
| Sustainable development reserve | 19 | 10,877,457 | 0.60 | 0.04 | 572,498 | 687,800 | 22,461 | 2,421,927 | 4.92 | 10.41 | 11.28 | 21.82 |
| Extractive reserve | 67 | 13,605,065 | 3.07 | 17.55 | 203,061 | 268,757 | 476 | 1,289,379 | 7.46 | 10.96 | 30.45 | 30.55 |
| Environmental protection area | 29 | 17,833,933 | 21.37 | 37.57 | 614,963 | 976,274 | 149 | 4,447,238 | 36.54 | 27.55 | 48.41 | 28.29 |
| Area of relevant ecological interest | 4 | 44,586 | 4.60 | 32.04 | 11,146 | 9,375 | 2,574 | 25,654 | 12.07 | 10.70 | 28.18 | 18.45 |
| Natural heritage private reserve | 3 | 798 | 0.97 | 28.26 | 508,216 | 699,233 | 9 | 487 | 6.16 | 12.53 | 17.28 | 21.81 |
| Subtotal | 177 | 70,313,726 | 6.44 | 16.72 | 397,253 | 649,164 | 11.88 | 19.28 | 27.16 | 28.86 | ||
| Total | 251 | 111,334,941 | 12.11 | 53.09 | 443,566 | 717,431 | 10.10 | 17.99 | 24.25 | 27.87 | ||
| Atlantic forest | ||||||||||||
| Strictly protected reserves | ||||||||||||
| Biological reserve | 23 | 202,608 | 9.54 | 63.37 | 8,809 | 11,592 | 563 | 50,873 | 8.91 | 8.60 | 66.12 | 21.40 |
| Ecological station | 31 | 150,315 | 6.89 | 67.05 | 4,849 | 14,028 | 10 | 79,528 | 14.26 | 18.75 | 59.09 | 30.42 |
| Park | 133 | 2,011,164 | 8.45 | 60.49 | 15,122 | 33,992 | 2 | 303,280 | 22.54 | 26.88 | 60.83 | 25.74 |
| Natural monument | 10 | 36,423 | 37.78 | 78.50 | 3,642 | 5,504 | 54 | 17,444 | 49.54 | 26.05 | 71.81 | 14.71 |
| Wildlife refuge | 9 | 66,192 | 29.01 | 60.07 | 7,355 | 8,075 | 80 | 23,328 | 43.81 | 28.80 | 67.22 | 23.17 |
| Subtotal | 206 | 2,466,701 | 9.45 | 62.16 | 11,974 | 28,538 | 22.01 | 26.13 | 61.97 | 25.73 | ||
| Sustainable use reserves | ||||||||||||
| National/state forest | 26 | 36,876 | 53.70 | 70.82 | 1,418 | 1,650 | 89 | 5,385 | 44.36 | 37.04 | 66.27 | 25.56 |
| Sustainable development reserve | 6 | 13,415 | 31.63 | 37.60 | 2,236 | 1,812 | 665 | 5,822 | 28.12 | 19.04 | 32.11 | 21.12 |
| Extractive reserve | 11 | 71,371 | 39.53 | 71.04 | 6,488 | 9,643 | 345 | 32,755 | 25.96 | 24.68 | 57.73 | 30.76 |
| Environmental protection area | 116 | 6,311,474 | 58.85 | 70.21 | 54,409 | 107,733 | 18 | 827,974 | 54.15 | 28.26 | 66.52 | 22.34 |
| Area of relevant ecological interest | 12 | 15,473 | 24.42 | 66.26 | 1,289 | 1,926 | 82 | 5,762 | 36.62 | 34.88 | 59.37 | 29.93 |
| Natural heritage private reserve | 160 | 39,744 | 24.21 | 61.74 | 248 | 805 | 2 | 7,941 | 23.04 | 26.03 | 59.71 | 22.60 |
| Subtotal | 331 | 6,488,352 | 58.28 | 67.96 | 19,602 | 68,748 | 36.30 | 31.50 | 62.03 | 23.95 | ||
| Total | 537 | 8,955,053 | 44.49 | 65.73 | 16,676 | 56,916 | 33.91 | 30.16 | 62.01 | 24.65 | ||