Table 1.
2012 Panama land cover categories
| Original assigned categorya | Consolidated | Total area | Masked areab | Palms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | km2 | % | km2 | % | # | % | ||
| Bosque latifoliado mixto maduro | Mixed mature broadleaf forest | Mature forest | 0.67 | 0.22 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 125 | 0.25 |
| Bosque latifoliado mixto secundario | Mixed secondary broadleaf forest | Secondary/planted forest (established) | 78.72 | 26.18 | 59.50 | 25.30 | 16,521 | 32.42 |
| Bosque plantado de coníferas | Conifer planted forest | Secondary/planted forest (established) | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.01 |
| Bosque plantado de latifoliadas | Hardwood planted forest | Secondary/planted forest (established) | 1.04 | 0.35 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 94 | 0.18 |
| Rastrojo y vegetación arbustiva | Vegetation regrowth and Bushes | Secondary/planted forest (new growth) | 6.52 | 2.17 | 5.51 | 2.34 | 1593 | 3.13 |
| Maíz | Corn | Food crops | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Piña | Pineapple | Food crops | 6.31 | 2.10 | 3.79 | 1.61 | 298 | 0.58 |
| Pasto | Pasture | Pasture | 164.02 | 54.56 | 130.42 | 55.45 | 24,169 | 47.43 |
| Superficie del agua | Surface water | Secondary/planted forest (riparian) | 33.45 | 11.13 | 26.43 | 11.24 | 7126 | 13.98 |
| Área poblada | Populated area | Built environment | 9.39 | 3.12 | 7.86 | 3.34 | 1016 | 1.99 |
| Infraestructura | Infrastructure | Built environment | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.34 | 0.14 | 9 | 0.02 |
| Total | 300.65 | 235.22 | 50,955 | |||||
aLand cover categories assigned by the Panamanian Ministry of the Environment (MiAmbiente), formerly La Autoridad Nacional de Ambiente de Panama (ANAM)
bThere was no significant difference between masked area and total area in any category