Deforestation statistics for Angola
Total land area: Angola
Total land area | ha |
Land area | 124,860,517 |
Tree cover in 2018 | 52,074,907 |
Forest and tree cover extent: Angola
Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Angola. All area figures are in hectares (ha)Year | Primary forest | Tree cover (30%) |
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2000 | 55,341,830 | |
2001 | 2,457,476 | |
2010 | 2,422,819 | 53,896,051 |
2018 | 2,346,961 | 52,074,907 |
Primary/Total tree cover 2018 | 5% | |
Tree cover/Total land area 2018 | 41.7% |
Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Angola
Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Angola by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)Year | Primary forest | Tree cover (30%) | |
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2001 | 101,322 | ||
2002 | 3,500 | 61,089 | |
2003 | 2,964 | 52,510 | |
2004 | 2,355 | 71,315 | |
2005 | 3,110 | 71,315 | |
2006 | 1,401 | 76,998 | |
2007 | 8,060 | 145,409 | |
2008 | 2,699 | 103,653 | |
2009 | 5,343 | 166,109 | |
2010 | 5,226 | 159,944 | |
2011 | 4,259 | 183,111 | |
2012 | 5,595 | 180,921 | |
2013 | 9,264 | 169,001 | |
2014 | 10,993 | 212,873 | |
2015 | 9,000 | 161,864 | |
2016 | 12,048 | 229,915 | |
2017 | 11,180 | 280,727 | |
2018 | 13,520 | 242,788 | |
Primary loss 2002-2018 | 110,516 | ||
Tree cover loss 2001-2018 | 2,569,542 | ||
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss | 4.3% | ||
Percent loss 2001-2018 | 4.5% | ||
Loss/year (2001/2-2010) | 3,850.83 | 100,966 | |
Loss/year (2011-2018) | 9,482.30 | 207,650 |
Biodiversity data: Angola
Species count by taxa for Angola. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).Animal / plant group | Species count |
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Birds | 915 |
Amphibians | 103 |
Reptiles | 280 |
Fishes | 926 |
Mammals | 285 |
Vascular plants | 5185 |
Conservation data: Angola
Data on threatened species in Angola as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.Taxa | Species count |
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Threatened mammals (2018) | 18 |
Threatened birds (2018) | 32 |
Threatened fishes (2018) | 53 |
Threatened higher plants (2018) | 34 |
Protected areas data: Angola
Data on threatened species in Angola as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).Protected areas (2017) | Percentage |
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Terrestrial protected areas, % of total land area | 7 |
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters |
Archived forest data for Angola | Forest data for Angola
Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.
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