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CHART: Biome cover stats for Latin American countries
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This forest cover data is from Aide et al 2012
Biome cover stats for Latin American countries, 2001-2010 (square kilometers)
| Country | Biome | Loss | Gain | Net change |
| Anguilla | All biomes | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All biomes | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Argentina | All biomes | -110,111 | 8,377 | -101,734 |
| Moist forest | -4,573 | 167 | -4,406 |
| Dry forest | -67,701 | 561 | -67,140 |
| Temperate forest | -1,541 | 0 | -1,541 |
| Savanna/shrublands | -16,087 | 358 | -15,729 |
| Pampas | -16,690 | 6,166 | -10,524 |
| Pantanal | -1,859 | 661 | -1,198 |
| Montane grass/shrub | -1,661 | 465 | -1,196 |
| Aruba | All biomes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangrove | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahamas | All biomes | -61 | 70 | 9 |
| Coniferous forest | -58 | 52 | -6 |
| Mangrove | -3 | 18 | 15 |
| Barbados | All biomes | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Belize | All biomes | -279 | 169 | -109 |
| Moist forest | -217 | 169 | -47 |
| Mangrove | -62 | 0 | -62 |
| Bolivia | All biomes | -33,858 | 6,208 | -27,650 |
| Moist forest | -13,795 | 2,005 | -11,789 |
| Dry forest | -12,775 | 3,734 | -9,041 |
| Savanna/shrublands | -2,608 | 62 | -2,546 |
| Pantanal | -4,475 | 0 | -4,475 |
| Montane grass/shrub | -204 | 407 | 203 |
| Brazil | All biomes | -245,767 | 146,342 | -99,424 |
| Moist forest | -179,749 | 34,238 | -145,511 |
| Dry forest | -7,314 | 4,329 | -2,985 |
| Savanna/shrublands | -33,978 | 34,206 | 228 |
| Pantanal | -6,253 | 0 | -6,253 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -18,191 | 73,179 | 54,988 |
| Mangrove | -282 | 389 | 108 |
| British Virgin Islands | All biomes | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Cayman Islands | All biomes | -11 | 2 | -9 |
| Dry forest | -6 | 2 | -4 |
| Mangrove | -5 | 0 | -5 |
| Chile | All biomes | -9,454 | 1,734 | -7,720 |
| Temperate forest | -8,598 | 1,009 | -7,589 |
| Pampas | -58 | 14 | -44 |
| Montane grass/shrub | -39 | 0 | -38 |
| Mediterranean | -757 | 712 | -45 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -4 | 0 | -4 |
| Colombia | All biomes | -11,129 | 28,092 | 16,963 |
| Moist forest | -7,696 | 23,773 | 16,077 |
| Dry forest | -1,511 | 2,199 | 688 |
| Savanna/shrublands | -1,890 | 254 | -1,636 |
| Montane grass/shrub | -32 | 88 | 57 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -1 | 1,630 | 1,629 |
| Mangrove | 0 | 148 | 148 |
| Dominica | All biomes | -2 | 18 | 15 |
| Moist forest | -2 | 16 | 13 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Costa Rica | All biomes | -175 | 1,803 | 1,628 |
| Moist forest | -121 | 1,598 | 1,477 |
| Dry forest | -54 | 205 | 151 |
| Cuba | All biomes | -831 | 3,355 | 2,524 |
| Moist forest | -219 | 728 | 509 |
| Dry forest | -396 | 2,492 | 2,095 |
| Coniferous forest | -118 | 88 | -30 |
| Pantanal | -57 | 0 | -57 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -1 | 47 | 46 |
| Mangrove | -40 | 0 | -40 |
| Ecuador | All biomes | -11,173 | 6,656 | -4,517 |
| Moist forest | -8,767 | 5,867 | -2,900 |
| Dry forest | -1,733 | 376 | -1,357 |
| Pantanal | -256 | 16 | -240 |
| Montane grass/shrub | 0 | 383 | 383 |
| Mangrove | -418 | 14 | -404 |
| El Salvador | All biomes | -101 | 687 | 586 |
| Moist forest | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| Dry forest | -30 | 213 | 183 |
| Coniferous forest | -69 | 429 | 360 |
| Mangrove | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| French Guiana | All biomes | -141 | 247 | 107 |
| Moist forest | -107 | 227 | 120 |
| Mangrove | -33 | 20 | -13 |
| Grenada | All biomes | -33 | 0 | -33 |
| Moist forest | -33 | 0 | -33 |
| Guadeloupe | All biomes | -10 | 84 | 74 |
| Moist forest | -9 | 17 | 8 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| Mangrove | -1 | 4 | 2 |
| Guatemala | All biomes | -5,448 | 2,430 | -3,019 |
| Moist forest | -5,335 | 519 | -4,816 |
| Dry forest | -23 | 108 | 85 |
| Coniferous forest | -89 | 1,761 | 1,672 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -1 | 41 | 41 |
| Guyana | All biomes | -508 | 621 | 113 |
| Moist forest | -508 | 621 | 113 |
| Haiti | All biomes | -300 | 451 | 151 |
| Moist forest | -225 | 314 | 89 |
| Dry forest | -27 | 85 | 57 |
| Coniferous forest | -42 | 44 | 2 |
| Pantanal | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mangrove | -5 | 4 | -1 |
| Honduras | All biomes | -1,626 | 5,086 | 3,460 |
| Moist forest | -1,369 | 1,105 | -263 |
| Dry forest | -16 | 690 | 673 |
| Coniferous forest | -241 | 3,291 | 3,050 |
| Jamaica | All biomes | -393 | 94 | -299 |
| Moist forest | -393 | 94 | -300 |
| Dry forest | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Martinique | All biomes | -33 | 0 | -33 |
| Moist forest | -33 | 0 | -33 |
| Mexico | All biomes | -20,467 | 116,556 | 96,089 |
| Moist forest | -9,935 | 2,289 | -7,647 |
| Dry forest | -4,496 | 17,306 | 12,810 |
| Coniferous forest | -2,667 | 14,574 | 11,907 |
| Savanna/shrublands | 0 | 110 | 110 |
| Mediterranean | -186 | 21 | -165 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -3,124 | 82,209 | 79,085 |
| Mangrove | -59 | 48 | -11 |
| Montserrat | All biomes | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Dry forest | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Netherland Antilles | All biomes | -44 | 4 | -39 |
| Dry forest | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -40 | 2 | -38 |
| Mangrove | -3 | 0 | -3 |
| Nicaragua | All biomes | -9,973 | 2,012 | -7,961 |
| Moist forest | -8,731 | 157 | -8,574 |
| Dry forest | -113 | 1,067 | 954 |
| Coniferous forest | -1,129 | 777 | -352 |
| Mangrove | -1 | 11 | 10 |
| Panama | All biomes | -1,506 | 1,545 | 39 |
| Moist forest | -1,501 | 1,532 | 31 |
| Dry forest | -5 | 13 | 8 |
| Paraguay | All biomes | -42,810 | 32 | -42,778 |
| Moist forest | -11,333 | 0 | -11,333 |
| Dry forest | -16,876 | 0 | -16,876 |
| Savanna/shrublands | -14,602 | 32 | -14,569 |
| Peru | All biomes | -13,155 | 9,447 | -3,709 |
| Moist forest | -11,710 | 6,090 | -5,619 |
| Dry forest | -666 | 2,134 | 1,468 |
| Montane grass/shrub | -426 | 485 | 59 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -353 | 719 | 366 |
| Mangrove | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Puerto Rico | All biomes | -160 | 327 | 167 |
| Moist forest | -160 | 273 | 113 |
| Dry forest | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| Mangrove | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | All biomes | -774 | 749 | -25 |
| Moist forest | -679 | 232 | -447 |
| Dry forest | -16 | 495 | 479 |
| Coniferous forest | -79 | 22 | -56 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All biomes | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Mangrove | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Saint Lucia | All biomes | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Moist forest | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Saint Vincent | All biomes | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Moist forest | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Suriname | All biomes | -97 | 521 | 424 |
| Moist forest | -91 | 521 | 429 |
| Mangrove | -6 | 0 | -6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All biomes | -215 | 12 | -203 |
| Moist forest | -214 | 12 | -202 |
| Dry forest | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Turks and Caicos | All biomes | -18 | 0 | -18 |
| Coniferous forest | -18 | 0 | -18 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | All biomes | -2 | 14 | 13 |
| Moist forest | -1 | 4 | 3 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -1 | 10 | 9 |
| Uruguay | All biomes | -8,408 | 6 | -8,403 |
| Savanna/shrublands | -8,408 | 6 | -8,403 |
| Venezuela | All biomes | -12,757 | 18,587 | 5,830 |
| Moist forest | -2,004 | 8,416 | 6,412 |
| Dry forest | -5,920 | 5,667 | -253 |
| Savanna/shrublands | -3,129 | 517 | -2,612 |
| Montane grass/shrub | -24 | 9 | -16 |
| Desert/xeric shrub | -1,679 | 3,967 | 2,288 |
| Mangrove | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Latin America | Total | -541,835 | 362430 | -179,405 |
All data in square kilometers. Multiply sq km by 100 to get hectares (ha); divide by 2.59 to get square miles (sq mi).
CITATION: Aide, T. M., M. L. Clark, H. R. Grau, D. López-Carr, M. Levy, D. Redo, M. Bonilla-Moheno, G. Riner, M. J. Andrade-Núñez, and M. Muñiz. Online August 3, 2012. Deforestation and reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001-2010). Biotropica. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00908.x
Chart by Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.com
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