TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Imperiled Riches—Threatened Rainforests
Vanishing Wilderness - A Survey of Human Disturbance of World Ecosystems
(Hannah, L. et. al. 1994)Hannah et. al. (1994) produced a preliminary inventory of human disturbance of world ecosystems. The charts below are taken from this inventory.
Region/Ecosystem |
Total Area |
Undisturbed |
Partially Disturbed |
Human Dominated |
|
sq. km |
% |
% |
% |
World Total |
162,052,591 |
51.9 |
24.2 |
23.9 |
World Total* |
134,904,471 |
27.0 |
36.7 |
36.3 |
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*adjusted for rock, ice, and barren land |
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Indo-Malayan |
8,785,216 |
11.6 |
31.8 |
56.6 |
Afrotropical |
24,473,218 |
35.8 |
45.3 |
18.9 |
Neotropical |
21,550,527 |
59.9 |
22.2 |
17.9 |
Australian |
8,255,821 |
62.1 |
27.8 |
10.1 |
Oceanic |
933,683 |
77.6 |
12.3 |
10.1 |
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Afrotropical |
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|
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Guinean rainforest |
709,112 |
8.4 |
19.4 |
72.2 |
Congo Rainforest |
2,195,019 |
61.2 |
21.4 |
17.3 |
Indo-Malayan |
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Southern Chinese rainforest |
216,650 |
0 |
14.4 |
85.6 |
Java |
153,132 |
0 |
14.9 |
85.1 |
Bengali rainforest |
203,860 |
0 |
19.4 |
80.7 |
Philippines |
315,272 |
3.2 |
9.6 |
87.2 |
Ceylon rainforest |
25,122 |
0 |
27.5 |
72.5 |
Lesser Sundas |
44,565 |
0 |
30.9 |
69.1 |
Taiwan |
412,246 |
0 |
34.5 |
65.5 |
Malabar rainforest |
265,040 |
0 |
38.2 |
61.8 |
Burman rainforest |
216,661 |
0 |
40.5 |
59.5 |
Indochinese rainforest |
565,119 |
3.8 |
25.3 |
71.0 |
Malayan rainforest |
189,183 |
0 |
43.1 |
56.9 |
Indus-Ganges monsoon forest |
1,859,022 |
0.1 |
43.1 |
56.8 |
Burma monsoon forest |
464,612 |
0 |
55.0 |
45.0 |
Ceylon monsoon forest |
47,104 |
0 |
77.3 |
22.7 |
Thailand monsoon forest |
1,152,995 |
18.7 |
14.1 |
67.2 |
Sumatra |
504,435 |
27.1 |
17.5 |
55.5 |
Neotropical |
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|
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Serra do Mar (Atlantic Forest) |
223,944 |
6.5 |
4.4 |
69.0 |
Greater Antillean |
113,237 |
11.0 |
12.0 |
77.0 |
Yucatecan |
48,692 |
18.6 |
2.3 |
79.1 |
Colombian Montane |
181,288 |
64.7 |
11.0 |
24.3 |
Madieran |
1,988,840 |
81.5 |
2.1 |
16.4 |
Panamanian |
128,872 |
90.0 |
0 |
10.0 |
Guyanan |
1,090,396 |
94.5 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
Amazonian |
2,864,623 |
98.0 |
0 |
2.0 |
Oceanic |
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New Caledonia |
23,622 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
0 |
Papuan |
910,061 |
77.0 |
12.6 |
10.3 |
Continued: Economic Restructuring