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Primary
Cover versus Total Forest Cover |
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|
Country |
Original Primary Forest |
Total Forest (1990) |
Primary Forest (1990) |
% Primary of Total Forest (1990) |
% Primary of Original Forest Cover |
|
Bolivia |
90,000 |
70,000 |
45,000 |
64.29% |
50.00% |
|
Brazil |
2,860,000 |
2,200,000 |
1,800,000 |
81.82% |
62.94% |
|
Cameroon |
220,000 |
164,000 |
60,000 |
36.59% |
27.27% |
|
Colombia |
700,000 |
278,500 |
180,000 |
64.63% |
25.71% |
|
Congo |
100,000 |
90,000 |
80,000 |
88.89% |
80.00% |
|
Cote d' Ivoire |
160,000 |
16,000 |
4,000 |
25.00% |
2.50% |
|
Equador |
132,000 |
76,000 |
55,000 |
72.37% |
41.67% |
|
Gabon |
240,000 |
200,000 |
100,000 |
50.00% |
41.67% |
|
India |
1,600,000 |
165,000 |
70,000 |
42.42% |
4.38% |
|
Indonesia |
1,220,000 |
860,000 |
530,000 |
61.63% |
43.44% |
|
Madagascar |
62,000 |
24,000 |
10,000 |
41.67% |
16.13% |
|
Malaysia |
305,000 |
157,000 |
84,000 |
53.50% |
27.54% |
|
Mexico |
400,000 |
166,000 |
110,000 |
66.27% |
27.50% |
|
Myanmar (Burma) |
500,000 |
245,000 |
80,000 |
32.65% |
16.00% |
|
Nigeria |
72,000 |
28,000 |
10,000 |
35.71% |
13.89% |
|
Papua New Guinea |
425,000 |
360,000 |
180,000 |
50.00% |
42.35% |
|
Peru |
700,000 |
515,000 |
420,000 |
81.55% |
60.00% |
|
Philippines |
250,000 |
50,000 |
8,000 |
16.00% |
3.20% |
|
Thailand |
435,000 |
74,000 |
22,000 |
29.73% |
5.06% |
|
Venezuela |
420,000 |
350,000 |
300,000 |
85.71% |
71.43% |
|
Vietnam |
260,000 |
60,000 |
14,000 |
23.33% |
5.38% |
|
Zaire (Congo) |
1,245,000 |
1,000,000 |
700,000 |
70.00% |
56.22% |
|
All figures taken from Myers 1991 |
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