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. 2020 Mar 18;10:4971. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61861-y

Table 1.

Deforestation statistics for 39 protected areas (PAs) of Colombia (National Natural Park -NNP- or National Natural Reserve -NNR-) using Hansen et al. (2013) Global Forest Change dataset, ver. 1.6.

Name Typology ID Inside the PA Buffer of the PA (10 km)
Deforestation Before (km2) Deforestation After (km2) Deforestation Change (km2) Percentage Change Deforestation Before (km2) Deforestation After (km2) Deforestation Change (km2) Percentage Change
(t0) (t1) (t1 − t0) (t1 − t0)/t0*100 (t0) (t1) (t1 − t0) (t1 − t0)/t0 * 100
Alto Fragua Indiwasi NNP 1 0.4 0.5 0.2 51.1% 8.0 13.5 5.5 68.7%
Amacayacu NNP 2 0.8 1.7 0.9 117.9% 4.5 4.2 −0.3 −7.0%
Cahuinari NNP 3 0.4 1.4 1.0 254.6% 0.7 1.2 0.5 73.0%
Catatumbo Bari NNP 4 11.6 55.9 44.3 382.9% 42.4 131.7 89.3 210.6%
Chingaza NNP 5 0.1 0.5 0.4 678.0% 0.5 1.1 0.6 115.8%
Complejo Volcanico Doña J. Cascabel NNP 6 0.1 0.2 0.1 209.4% 1.7 3.4 1.7 95.9%
Cordillera de los Picachos NNP 7 10.6 33.0 22.3 210.1% 9.4 55.8 46.4 496.4%
Cueva de los Guacharos NNP 8 <0.01 0 <0.01 <0.01% 0.6 2.0 1.5 266.5%
El Cocuy NNP 9 0.3 2.0 1.7 545.8% 1.6 6.6 5.1 323.9%
El Tuparro NNP 10 0.6 2.8 2.2 345.0% 5.1 9.8 4.7 91.5%
La Paya NNP 11 23.6 34.5 10.9 46.2% 72.2 121.0 48.8 67.7%
Las Hermosas NNP 12 0.2 0.4 0.2 117.2% 2.1 6.7 4.7 227.2%
Las Orquideas NNP 13 0.2 1.1 0.9 451.9% 1.9 8.8 7.0 375.8%
Los Farallones de Cali NNP 14 0.5 1.4 0.9 170.6% 3.3 5.1 1.8 52.5%
Los Katios NNP 15 0.4 1.3 0.9 257.5% 8.1 38.5 30.4 374.2%
Los Nevados NNP 16 0.02 0.01 −0.01 −46.6% 3.8 4.8 1.0 27.2%
Macuira NNP 17 0.14 0.03 −0.11 −79.3% <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01%
Munchique NNP 18 1.1 2.1 1.0 90.1% 9.6 23.9 14.2 147.6%
Nevado del Huila NNP 19 0.3 0.2 −0.1 −19.1% 6.1 16.6 10.5 172.4%
Nukak NNR 20 9.3 19.2 9.9 105.8% 9.3 42.0 32.7 352.9%
Paramillo NNP 21 19.5 48.0 28.5 146.4% 26.0 78.5 52.6 202.5%
Pisba NNP 22 0.04 0.22 0.18 459.4% 0.4 2.9 2.5 586.3%
Puinawai NNR 23 6.2 11.8 5.6 89.5% 5.2 7.5 2.2 42.8%
Purace NNP 24 0.1 0.3 0.2 170.8% 0.5 1.2 0.7 145.3%
Rio Pure NNP 25 0.4 1.6 1.2 307.1% 0.4 0.8 0.4 100.3%
Sanquianga NNP 26 0.5 0.7 0.1 25.7% 3.8 4.6 0.8 21.3%
Selva de Florencia NNP 27 0.03 0.03 −0.01 −17.7% 2.6 9.8 7.2 279.0%
Serrania de Chiribiquete NNP 28 3.6 3.8 0.2 5.1% 2.4 1.2 −1.2 −48.1%
Serrania de los Churumbelos NNP 29 0.4 0.4 −0.1 −16.0% 12.2 22.2 10.0 81.9%
Serrania de los Yariguies NNP 30 0.2 0.6 0.4 191.0% 2.8 15.9 13.1 468.6%
Sierra de la Macarena NNP 31 41.4 91.2 49.8 120.4% 103.7 287.9 184.2 177.7%
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta NNP 32 7.4 30.0 22.6 304.7% 28.1 51.7 23.5 83.7%
Sumapaz NNP 33 0.2 0.3 0.1 68.3% 1.3 3.8 2.5 198.5%
Tama NNP 34 0.4 1.6 1.2 293.8% 3.5 7.4 3.9 108.8%
Tatama NNP 35 0.11 0.09 −0.02 −15.8% 3.4 13.3 9.9 287.8%
Tayrona NNP 36 1.49 0.02 −1.47 −98.7% 8.5 1.1 −7.4 −87.0%
Tinigua NNP 37 37.5 159.5 122.0 325.7% 30.7 103.0 72.3 235.1%
Utria NNP 38 0.1 0.6 0.5 341.0% 1.0 1.5 0.6 61.3%
Yaigoje Apaporis NNP 39 6.7 8.2 1.6 23.6% 6.8 8.8 2.0 29.8%
Total (39) PAs 186.8 516.9 330.2 +176.8% 434.2 1120.2 686.0 +158.0%

Note: t0 = sum of deforestation extent for 2013–2015 (before peace agreement); t1 = sum of deforestation extent for 2016–2018 (after peace agreement). PAs names within the Colombian Amazon biogeographical region are in italics.