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. 2017 Jan 13;3(1):e1600821. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600821

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