Table 1.

Transition matrices during the period 1993–2002 (km²). TF temperate forests, S scrublands, HV hydrophilic vegetation, A agriculture, TEF tropical evergreen forests, TDF tropical dry forests, G grasslands, OV other vegetation, OC other covers

1993	2002
	TF	S	HV	A	TEF	TDF	G	OV	OC	Total 1993	Loss
TF	320 305	1209	7601	16 230	1035	4758	2376	16	79	353 609	33 304
S	1479	538 949	318	14 148	0	3185	4172	1151	498	563 900	24 951
HV	137	294	8382	826	100	77	85	80	109	10 090	1708
A	10 896	6599	786	424 220	4893	12 367	2537	431	1855	464 584	40 364
TEF	575	0	302	10 447	92 988	449	108	4	119	104 992	12 004
TDF	6130	2440	112	19 245	1532	201 765	430	40	235	231 929	30 164
G	3112	3344	81	5146	121	296	115 886	181	118	128 285	12 399
OV	97	949	240	1467	1	130	728	27 249	267	31 128	3879
OC	44	243	83	1121	18	80	92	180	17 004	18 865	1861
Total 2002	342 775	554 027	17 905	492 850	100 688	223 107	126 414	29 332	20 284	1 907 382
Gain	22 470	15 078	9523	68 630	7770	21 342	10 528	2083	3280
Net balance	− 10 834	− 9873	7815	28 266	− 4304	− 8822	− 1871	− 1796	1419