Table 2. IFL extent and area reduction per country.
Country name |
Country code (for Fig. 3) |
IFL 2000 area (km2 × 103) |
IFL proportion of the forest zone in 2000 (%) |
IFL proportion of global IFL area in 2000 (%) |
IFL area reduction 2000–2013 (%) |
IFL area reduction 2000–2013, not attributed to fire (%) |
Angola | AGO | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
Argentina | ARG | 39.9 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
Australia | AUS | 82.2 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 32.7 | 22.8 |
Belize | BLZ | 4.3 | 19.7 | 0.03 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
Bhutan | BTN | 6.4 | 19.3 | 0.05 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
Bolivia | BOL | 233.3 | 28.9 | 1.8 | 19.6 | 18.3 |
Brazil | BRA | 2476.1 | 31.7 | 19.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
Brunei | BRN | 2.0 | 35.1 | 0.02 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
Cambodia | KHM | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.01 | 38.2 | 38.2 |
Cameroon | CMR | 52.8 | 13.4 | 0.4 | 25.2 | 25.2 |
Canada | CAN | 3040.3 | 51.0 | 23.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
Central African Republic | CAF | 8.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 34.4 | 34.4 |
Chile | CHL | 131.4 | 36.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
China | CHN | 45.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
Colombia | COL | 349.2 | 31.0 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Costa Rica | CRI | 3.2 | 6.2 | 0.02 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Côte d’Ivoire | CIV | 4.6 | 1.7 | 0.04 | 17.5 | 17.5 |
Cuba | CUB | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.004 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
COD | 643.9 | 27.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Dominican Republic | DOM | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.01 | 29.0 | 1.6 |
Ecuador | ECU | 53.3 | 22.3 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 4.2 | 15.8 | 0.03 | 45.2 | 45.2 |
Ethiopia | ETH | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.03 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
Finland | FIN | 9.7 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
French Guiana | GUF | 65.4 | 79.1 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
Gabon | GAB | 108.8 | 41.2 | 0.8 | 22.9 | 22.9 |
Georgia | GEO | 9.0 | 18.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Guatemala | GTM | 5.7 | 5.2 | 0.04 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Guyana | GUY | 144.1 | 69.6 | 1.1 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
Honduras | HND | 6.7 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 28.6 | 28.6 |
India | IND | 33.7 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Indonesia | IDN | 359.2 | 20.1 | 2.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
Japan | JPN | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | 4.4 | 16.6 | 0.03 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Laos | LAO | 8.5 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 47.9 | 47.9 |
Liberia | LBR | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.04 | 32.2 | 32.2 |
Madagascar | MDG | 17.2 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 19.0 | 18.5 |
Malaysia | MYS | 21.1 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 25.1 | 25.1 |
Mexico | MEX | 15.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
Mongolia | MNG | 11.7 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 0.4 |
Myanmar | MMR | 52.9 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 30.9 | 30.9 |
Nepal | NPL | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.004 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand | NZL | 43.1 | 25.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
Nicaragua | NIC | 10.3 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 38.1 | 38.1 |
Nigeria | NGA | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.02 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Norway | NOR | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.01 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Panama | PAN | 14.5 | 19.6 | 0.1 | 19.8 | 19.8 |
Papua New Guinea | PNG | 159.8 | 35.1 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Paraguay | PRY | 44.5 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 79.3 | 79.3 |
Peru | PER | 567.2 | 68.5 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
Philippines | PHL | 4.0 | 1.6 | 0.03 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
Republic of the Congo | COG | 138.7 | 40.7 | 1.1 | 17.7 | 17.7 |
Romania | ROU | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.01 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Russia | RUS | 2744.3 | 28.3 | 21.4 | 6.5 | 4.3 |
Samoa | WSM | 0.7 | 23.8 | 0.01 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Solomon Islands | SLB | 7.8 | 32.3 | 0.1 | 52.9 | 52.9 |
Suriname | SUR | 107.4 | 73.8 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
Sweden | SWE | 11.6 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Tanzania | TZA | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.03 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Thailand | THA | 19.4 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
Uganda | UGA | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.01 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
United States | USA | 539.3 | 14.2 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
Vanuatu | VUT | 0.7 | 7.5 | 0.01 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Venezuela | VEN | 312.8 | 35.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Vietnam | VNM | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.03 | 25.5 | 25.5 |