South America Forest Information and Data

According to the U.N. FAO, 49.5% or about 864,351,000 ha of South America is forested, according to FAO.

Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2010, South America lost an average of 4,105,150 ha or 0.43% per year. In total, between 1990 and 2010, South America lost 8.7% of its forest cover, or around 82,103,000 ha.

South America's forests contain - million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass.

South and Central America Environmental profile

The following contains data relating to forest cover in South America

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South America: Forest Cover, 2010 Total Land Area (1000 ha) 1746292 Total Forest Area (1000 ha) 864351 Percent Forest Cover 49 Primary Forest Cover (1000 ha) - Primary Forest, % total forest - Other wooded land (1000 ha) 179653 Percent other wooded land 10 South America: Breakdown of forest types, 2010 Primary forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) - - Other naturally regenerated forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) - - Planted Forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) - - South America: Trends in Total (Net) Forest Cover, 1990-2010 TOTAL FOREST COVER (1000 ha) 1990 2000 2005 2010 946454 904322 882258 864351 ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 -4213 -4413 -3581 ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 -0.45 -0.49 -0.41 South America: Trends in Natural Forest Cover (Deforestation), 1990-2010 FOREST COVER (excluding planted forests) (1000 ha) 1990 2000 2005 2010 938339 894264 871135 850530 ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 -4408 -4408 -4373 ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 -0.5 -0.47 -0.49 South America: Trends in Primary or Old Growth Forest Cover, 1990-2010 PRIMARY FOREST COVER (1000 ha) 1990 2000 2005 2010 - - - - ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 - - - ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 - - - South America: Trends in Planted Forest Cover, 1990-2010 PLANTED FOREST COVER (1000 ha) 1990 2000 2005 2010 8115 10058 11123 13821 ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (1000 ha) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 194 213 540 ANNUAL CHANGE RATE (percent) Negative number represents deforestation 1990-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 2.39 2.12 3.90 South America: Primary designated function (percent) Production Protection of soil and water Conservation of biodiversity Social services Multiple use Other None or unknown 14 7 13 14 11 0 41 South America: Forest ownership and management rights 2005 (percent) OWNERSHIP PATTERN Public ownership Private ownership Other - - - PRIVATE OWNERSHIP Individuals Business entities and institutions Local, indigenous and tribal communities - - - HOLDER OF MANAGEMENT RIGHTS OF PUBLIC FORESTS Public administration Individuals Business entities and Institutions Communities Other - - - - - South America: Growing stock in forest GROWING STOCK IN FOREST Total (million m3) Per hectare (m3) Coniferous (million m3) Broadleaved (million m3) % commercial species - - - - - GROWING STOCK IN FOREST Total (million m3) Per hectare (m3) Coniferous (million m3) Broadleaved (million m3) % commercial species - - South America: Trends in carbon stock in living forest biomass 1990-2010 CARBON STOCK IN LIVING FOREST BIOMASS (million metric tons) 1990 2000 2005 2010 - - - - CARBON STOCK IN LIVING FOREST BIOMASS (per hectare in tons) 2000 - ANNUAL CHANGE (1 000 t/yr) 1990 2000 2005 2010 - - - ANNUAL CHANGE PER HECTARE (t/ha/yr) 1990 2000 2005 2010 - - - South America: Area of forest affected by fire and other disturbances 2005 FOREST FIRE 1000 ha % wild fire (not managed burn) - - EXCLUDING FOREST FIRE Insects Diseases Other biotic agents Abiotic factors Total (excluding fire) % of 2005 forest area - - - - - - South America: Trends in removals of wood products 1990-2005 INDUSTRIAL ROUNDWOOD Total volume (1 000 m3 over bark) 1990 2000 2005 percent of which from forest 2005 - - - - WOODFUEL Total volume (1 000 m3 over bark) 1990 2000 2005 percent of which from forest 2005 - - - - South America: Value of wood and NWFP removals 2005 Value of removals (million US$) Value per ha forest (US$) Industrial roundwood Woodfuel NWFP Total - - - - - South America: Employment in forestry 1990-2005 TOTAL (1000 full-time employees) 1990 2000 2005 - - - IN PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF GOODS-FORESTRY (1000 full-time employees) 1990 2000 2005 - - - IN MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS-CONSERVATION (1000 full-time employees) 1990 2000 2005 - - - South America: Forest policy and legal framework 2008 National forest policy (year): - (-) Sub-national forest policy: - National forest program (year) - status: - (-) - National forest law (year): - (-) Sub-national forest law: - South America: Human resources within public forest institutions 2000-2008 2000 2005 2008 # % female # % female # % female - - - - - - South America: Forest revenue and public expenditure on forestry 2005 Forest revenue Public expenditure (1000 US$) Domestic funding External funding Total (1000 US$) Operational expenditure Transfer payments Operational expenditure Transfer payments Operational expenditure Transfer payments - - - - - - - South America: Status of ratification of international conventions and agreements as of 1 January 2010 CbD: UNFCCC: Kyoto Protocol: UNCCD: ITTA: CITeS: Ramsar: World Heritage Convention: NlbI: [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Largest Cities in South America Cities and urban areas in South America with population over 100,000, sorted by City Population All figures are estimates for 2002. City Country City Population Urban Area Population Urban Area Rank [World] City Pop Rank [World] Urban Area Rank [South America] City Pop Rank [South America] Buenos Aires Argentina 11655100 12923800 12 2 2 1 Sao Paulo Brazil 10057700 18505100 5 7 1 2 Lima Peru 7603500 7603500 34 19 5 3 Bogota Colombia 6680500 7798000 31 22 4 4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6029300 11246600 19 25 3 5 Santiago Chile 5034500 5636800 48 27 6 6 Salvador Brazil 2539500 3173500 102 75 11 7 Belo Horizonte Brazil 2307800 4413800 61 86 7 8 Fortaleza Brazil 2230800 2976200 112 90 13 9 Cali Colombia 2203800 2800600 119 91 15 10 Guayaquil Ecuador 2196800 2686000 126 92 16 11 Brasilia Brazil 2089500 2089500 173 99 17 12 Medellin Colombia 1932400 2994400 110 105 12 13 Maracaibo Venezuela 1799900 1868000 189 115 20 14 Caracas Venezuela 1763100 3478100 89 119 9 15 Quito Ecuador 1648100 1777900 194 127 21 16 Curitiba Brazil 1642300 2835000 118 129 14 17 Manaus Brazil 1524600 1524600 244 139 28 18 La Paz Bolivia 1517800 1551300 235 141 26 19 Recife Brazil 1464100 3439500 91 146 10 20 Cordoba Argentina 1460200 1543500 238 150 27 21 Valencia Venezuela 1457200 1739100 201 152 22 22 Montevideo Uruguay 1449900 1723300 204 153 23 23 Porto Alegre Brazil 1355100 3646400 79 169 8 24 Belem Brazil 1344900 1912600 185 173 18 25 Barranquilla Colombia 1298400 1870700 188 179 19 26 Rosario Argentina 1243400 1358300 291 191 32 27 Santa Cruz Bolivia 1161700 1161700 334 212 33 28 Goiania Brazil 1132600 1706300 206 225 24 29 Guarulhos Brazil 1096800 1096800 371 238 37 30 Campinas Brazil 993200 1365500 288 273 31 31 Mendoza Argentina 977500 977500 424 280 40 32 Nova Iguacu Brazil 959100 959100 433 286 42 33 Sao Goncalo Brazil 921000 921000 459 297 46 34 Barquisimeto Venezuela 919500 1039300 396 298 38 35 Sao Luis Brazil 871800 1133800 348 312 34 36 Cartagena Colombia 853900 853900 490 320 48 37 Maceio Brazil 850500 963300 431 321 41 38 La Plata Argentina 833100 833100 494 327 49 39 Duque de Caxias Brazil 797700 797700 520 345 51 40 Tucuman Argentina 791200 791200 523 347 53 41 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 782600 782600 532 353 55 42 Natal Brazil 737900 1097000 370 379 36 43 Arequipa Peru 733900 733900 571 381 58 44 Sao Bernardo do Campo Brazil 714100 714100 585 395 60 45 Teresina Brazil 705900 949600 437 403 44 46 Campo Grande Brazil 685800 685800 606 416 62 47 Mar del Plata Argentina 679000 679000 610 421 63 48 Osasco Brazil 669700 669700 616 426 64 49 Santo Andre Brazil 665600 665600 617 428 65 50 Cucuta Colombia 657100 735000 568 434 57 51 Joao Pessoa Brazil 614900 934900 448 459 45 52 Jaboatao Brazil 613200 613200 665 461 68 53 Trujillo Peru 600900 600900 679 474 70 54 Cochabamba Bolivia 568900 798000 519 510 50 55 Contagem Brazil 566300 566300 720 513 73 56 Sao Jose dos Campos Brazil 565400 794300 522 514 52 57 Asuncion Paraguay 546800 1432600 268 535 29 58 Bucaramanga Colombia 542400 955500 435 540 43 59 Ribeirao Preto Brazil 526600 789900 524 563 54 60 Salta Argentina 519900 519900 781 573 74 61 Sorocaba Brazil 516400 624500 654 581 67 62 Uberlandia Brazil 514400 514400 792 583 76 63 Cuiaba Brazil 502500 730900 574 606 59 64 Petare Venezuela 502300 502300 815 608 77 65 Santa Fe Argentina 500000 500000 819 611 78 66 Chiclayo Peru 490400 490400 837 625 79 67 Aracaju Brazil 479900 741000 564 640 56 68 Maracay Venezuela 479300 1125300 355 643 35 69 Niteroi Brazil 467300 467300 856 657 80 70 Puente Alto Chile 463800 463800 860 662 81 71 Sao Joao de Meriti Brazil 460600 460600 865 666 82 72 Juiz de Fora Brazil 456800 456800 870 671 84 73 Belford Roxo Brazil 450600 450600 875 681 85 74 Londrina Brazil 449400 656100 628 683 66 75 Feira de Santana Brazil 447800 447800 878 687 86 76 Joinville Brazil 435800 435800 894 707 87 77 San Juan Argentina 435700 435700 895 708 88 78 Santos Brazil 423200 1556700 234 725 25 79 Ananindeua Brazil 418500 418500 914 737 89 80 Concepci�n Chile 404600 978100 423 763 39 81 Ibague Colombia 401400 401400 936 771 90 82 Resistencia Argentina 399500 399500 939 774 91 83 Neuquen Argentina 391900 391900 948 789 92 84 Santiago del Estero Argentina 388100 388100 952 795 93 85 Pereira Colombia 386900 585800 693 798 71 86 Campos Brazil 378800 378800 967 820 94 87 Maua Brazil 375200 375200 974 829 95 88 Diadema Brazil 373300 373300 977 833 96 89 Santa Marta Colombia 372200 372200 979 836 97 90 Olinda Brazil 369500 369500 986 845 98 91 Vila Velha Brazil 367000 367000 993 852 99 92 Aparecida de Goiania Brazil 365500 365500 999 858 100 93 Piura Peru 359400 359400 1010 870 101 94 Vi�a del Mar Chile 358800 358800 1011 871 102 95 Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela 358500 358500 1012 872 103 96 Bello Colombia 355000 355000 1017 878 104 97 Pasto Colombia 354000 354000 1021 882 105 98 Carapicuiba Brazil 353900 353900 1022 883 106 99 Sao Jose do Rio Preto Brazil 353200 353200 1024 887 107 100 Florianopolis Brazil 351800 712000 587 891 61 101 Caxias do Sul Brazil 350700 350700 1029 895 108 102 Iquitos Peru 349300 349300 1032 898 109 103 Barcelona Venezuela 348600 606900 675 900 69 104 Serra Brazil 345700 345700 1043 915 110 105 Manizales Colombia 342900 342900 1050 922 111 106 Campina Grande Brazil 342000 516700 787 927 75 107 Corrientes Argentina 330000 330000 1081 963 112 108 Piracicaba Brazil 330000 330000 1082 964 113 109 Cariacica Brazil 325800 325800 1089 970 114 110 Bauru Brazil 322500 322500 1097 979 115 111 Temuco Chile 321000 321000 1102 985 116 112 Betim Brazil 320100 320100 1105 988 117 113 Neiva Colombia 318600 318600 1109 995 118 114 Canoas Brazil 316200 316200 1114 1002 119 115 Sao Vicente Brazil 314900 314900 1117 1006 120 116 Soledad Colombia 314200 314200 1118 1008 121 117 Moji das Cruzes Brazil 313300 313300 1122 1013 122 118 Jundiai Brazil 312000 312000 1129 1020 123 119 Pelotas Brazil 310200 310200 1135 1026 124 120 Bahia Blanca Argentina 309300 309300 1137 1029 125 121 Vitoria Brazil 306200 1412700 275 1042 30 122 Montes Claros Brazil 304800 304800 1149 1047 126 123 Maturin Venezuela 303600 303600 1153 1051 127 124 Valpara�so Chile 301700 904500 465 1057 47 125 Macapa Brazil 301600 301600 1159 1058 128 126 Turmero Venezuela 301500 301500 1160 1059 129 127 Armenia Colombia 300800 300800 1165 1064 130 128 Chimbote Peru 298600 298600 1173 1072 131 129 Talcahuano Chile 297900 297900 1176 1075 132 130 Anapolis Brazil 297400 297400 1177 1077 133 131 Posadas Argentina 297300 297300 1178 1078 134 132 Maringa Brazil 294800 294800 1184 1087 135 133 Franca Brazil 293000 293000 1194 1098 136 134 Cumana Venezuela 293000 293000 1195 1099 137 135 Itaquaquecetuba Brazil 292300 292300 1197 1102 138 136 Porto Velho Brazil 292000 292000 1199 1104 139 137 Villavicencio Colombia 290400 290400 1207 1111 140 138 San Cristobal Venezuela 286200 286200 1227 1132 141 139 Huancayo Peru 285600 285600 1230 1137 142 140 Ciudad del Este Paraguay 285400 285400 1231 1138 143 141 Soacha Colombia 284100 284100 1233 1141 144 142 Guaruja Brazil 282900 282900 1235 1143 145 143 Cusco Peru 282600 282600 1237 1145 146 144 Valledupar Colombia 279900 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325 325 Carupano Venezuela 122700 122700 2619 2603 326 326 Mogi Guacu Brazil 121700 121700 2642 2626 327 327 Uruguaiana Brazil 121000 121000 2656 2640 328 328 Girardot Colombia 120100 120100 2676 2660 329 329 Teresopolis Brazil 119600 119600 2685 2669 330 330 Parnamirim Brazil 119000 119000 2693 2678 331 331 Calabozo Venezuela 118800 118800 2697 2682 332 332 Lauro de Freitas Brazil 118600 118600 2701 2686 333 333 San Rafael Argentina 117900 117900 2709 2694 334 334 Itapetininga Brazil 117600 117600 2717 2702 335 335 Timon Brazil 117500 117500 2718 2703 336 336 Maicao Colombia 117500 117500 2719 2704 337 337 Braganca Paulista Brazil 117000 117000 2727 2712 338 338 Patos de Minas Brazil 116700 116700 2731 2716 339 339 Alagoinhas Brazil 116200 116200 2739 2724 340 340 Florencia Colombia 115400 115400 2760 2744 341 341 San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina 114800 114800 2775 2759 342 342 Punto Fijo Venezuela 114600 114600 2784 2768 343 343 Buga Colombia 114300 114300 2790 2774 344 344 Sogamoso Colombia 113900 113900 2799 2783 345 345 Rio Verde Brazil 113600 113600 2805 2789 346 346 Cachoeirinha Brazil 112700 112700 2824 2808 347 347 Cubatao Brazil 112500 112500 2831 2815 348 348 Cua Venezuela 112300 112300 2840 2824 349 349 Jau Brazil 112000 112000 2846 2830 350 350 San Fernando Venezuela 111600 111600 2864 2848 351 351 Trelew Argentina 111200 111200 2872 2856 352 352 Ayacucho Peru 111100 111100 2877 2861 353 353 Barbacena Brazil 110300 110300 2891 2876 354 354 Araguaina Brazil 110000 110000 2898 2883 355 355 Tarapoto Peru 110000 110000 2900 2885 356 356 Tunja Colombia 109500 109500 2914 2900 357 357 Caxias Brazil 109300 109300 2918 2904 358 358 Cabo Frio Brazil 109200 109200 2921 2907 359 359 Varginha Brazil 108600 108600 2935 2920 360 360 Tandil Argentina 108500 108500 2938 2923 361 361 Botucatu Brazil 108300 108300 2944 2929 362 362 Ribeirao Pires Brazil 108200 108200 2946 2931 363 363 Pinhais Brazil 108100 108100 2951 2936 364 364 Catanduva Brazil 107500 107500 2964 2949 365 365 Garanhuns Brazil 106800 106800 2981 2966 366 366 Mercedes Argentina 106600 106600 2986 2971 367 367 Santa Rita Brazil 106300 106300 2994 2979 368 368 Jaragua do Sul Brazil 105900 105900 3011 2996 369 369 Palhoca Brazil 105800 105800 3016 3001 370 370 Teixeira de Freitas Brazil 105500 105500 3023 3009 371 371 Carora Venezuela 105400 105400 3027 3013 372 372 Conselheiro Lafaiete Brazil 104200 104200 3046 3032 373 373 Franco da Rocha Brazil 104200 104200 3047 3033 374 374 Pouso Alegre Brazil 103800 103800 3058 3044 375 375 Apucarana Brazil 103600 103600 3065 3051 376 376 Teofilo Otoni Brazil 103600 103600 3066 3052 377 377 Vitoria de Santo Antao Brazil 103300 103300 3074 3060 378 378 Melipilla Chile 103300 103300 3076 3062 379 379 Talara Peru 103200 103200 3083 3069 380 380 Resende Brazil 103100 103100 3084 3070 381 381 Cajamarca Peru 102300 102300 3108 3094 382 382 Ovalle Chile 101100 101100 3129 3115 383 383 --> [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] South America : References & Data Sources  Environment, Land use / Resources, Economy, Population / Demographics, Infrastructure, Health -- CIA World Factbook, 2005  Forest Cover, Forest types, Breakdown of forest types, Change in Forest Cover, Primary forests, Forest designation, Disturbances affecting forest land, Value of forests, Production, trade and consumption of forest products -- The FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005 & 2010) and the State of the World's Forests (2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001)  Protected Areas, Plant and animal biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2004. World Database on Protected Areas.  Biosphere reservers -- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.  RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands . 2005. 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