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National Land |
IUCN I-V |
Protected Marine & Coastal Areas |
Areas of Human Disturbance |
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Total Land |
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1993 |
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|
% Annual |
|
1994 |
1989 |
Low |
Medium |
High |
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|
'000 ha. |
% |
|
No. |
'000 ha. |
No. |
'000 ha. |
|
(In %) |
|
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
44 |
|
|
|
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Argentina |
276,689 |
1.6 |
-52.9 |
|
84 |
4,372 |
7 |
1,499 |
36.5 |
46.6 |
16.9 |
|
Bahamas |
1,388 |
|
|
|
6 |
124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barbados |
43 |
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Bolivia |
109,858 |
8.4 |
0.0 |
|
25 |
9,233 |
|
|
77.8 |
18.4 |
3.7 |
|
Brazil |
851,197 |
3.8 |
15.2 |
|
272 |
32,189 |
20 |
2,032 |
67.0 |
15.0 |
18.0 |
|
Belize |
2,296 |
14.1 |
11.0 |
|
13 |
323 |
|
|
36.4 |
0.0 |
63.6 |
|
Chile |
75,695 |
18.1 |
0.0 |
|
66 |
13,275 |
32 |
10,050 |
56.0 |
26.9 |
17.2 |
|
Colombia |
113,891 |
8.2 |
0.0 |
|
80 |
9,381 |
9 |
615 |
69.0 |
11.3 |
19.7 |
|
Costa Rica |
5,110 |
12.7 |
5.0 |
|
28 |
648 |
7 |
194 |
11.8 |
17.6 |
70.6 |
|
Cuba |
11,086 |
10.4 |
28.4 |
|
56 |
1,154 |
6 |
227 |
1.9 |
14.3 |
83.8 |
|
Dominica |
75 |
|
|
|
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dominican Rep. |
4,873 |
21.5 |
0.0 |
|
17 |
1,048 |
7 |
270 |
18.2 |
16.4 |
65.5 |
|
Ecuador |
28,356 |
39.2 |
-0.3 |
|
15 |
11,114 |
5 |
8,975 |
47.0 |
12.4 |
40.6 |
|
El Salvador |
2,104 |
0.2 |
-77.8 |
|
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
|
Grenada |
34 |
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guatemala |
10,889 |
12.2 |
60.5 |
|
18 |
1,333 |
3 |
13 |
25.4 |
12.3 |
62.3 |
|
Guyana |
21,497 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
|
1 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
98.2 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
|
Haiti |
2,775 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
|
3 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
4.5 |
0.0 |
95.5 |
|
Honduras |
11,209 |
7.7 |
60.4 |
|
43 |
862 |
1 |
350 |
32.5 |
4.4 |
63.2 |
|
Jamaica |
1,099 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
75.0 |
|
Mexico |
195,820 |
5.0 |
-2.0 |
|
68 |
9,854 |
11 |
1,119 |
23.0 |
32.9 |
44.1 |
|
Nicaragua |
13,000 |
6.9 |
-5.5 |
|
59 |
903 |
1 |
4 |
31.6 |
12.8 |
55.6 |
|
Panama |
7,708 |
17.6 |
2.3 |
|
14 |
1,326 |
6 |
898 |
98.6 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
|
Paraguay |
40,675 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
|
20 |
1,495 |
|
|
84.3 |
12.9 |
2.8 |
|
Peru |
128,522 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
|
22 |
4,176 |
4 |
710 |
59.7 |
36.0 |
4.3 |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
36 |
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Lucia |
61 |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Vincent & Grens. |
39 |
|
|
|
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Suriname |
16,327 |
4.5 |
0.0 |
|
13 |
736 |
5 |
128 |
91.3 |
3.2 |
5.6 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
513 |
3.0 |
-11.8 |
|
5 |
16 |
2 |
3 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
50.0 |
|
United States |
937,261 |
13.3 |
26.7 |
|
1,585 |
130,209 |
107 |
54,317 |
24.5 |
36.0 |
39.4 |
|
Uruguay |
17,741 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
|
8 |
32 |
1 |
3 |
0.0 |
75.8 |
24.2 |
|
Venezuela |
91,205 |
28.9 |
-4.3 |
|
100 |
26,322 |
11 |
704 |
0.0 |
79.1 |
20.9 |
|
|
Population Density |
|
Population Growth Rate** |
Domesticated Land |
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|
|
|
|
Est. |
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|
1981 |
1991 |
1995 |
|
|
1970 |
1990 |
1995 |
|
1995 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
1,386 |
1,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Argentina |
104 |
118 |
126 |
|
|
1.45 |
1.27 |
1.17 |
|
62 |
|
|
Bahamas |
155 |
187 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barbados |
5,814 |
6,000 |
|
|
|
0.30 |
0.35 |
0.33 |
|
|
|
|
Bolivia |
52 |
67 |
68 |
|
|
2.37 |
2.46 |
2.37 |
|
27 |
|
|
Brazil |
146 |
178 |
191 |
|
|
2.57 |
1.90 |
1.59 |
|
28 |
|
|
Belize |
65 |
84 |
94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Chile |
150 |
177 |
190 |
|
|
2.05 |
1.66 |
1.55 |
|
24 |
|
|
Colombia |
238 |
289 |
338 |
|
|
2.87 |
1.83 |
1.66 |
|
44 |
|
|
Costa Rica |
460 |
609 |
671 |
|
|
3.11 |
2.77 |
2.41 |
|
56 |
|
|
Cuba |
879 |
966 |
1,005 |
|
|
1.88 |
1.03 |
0.89 |
|
57 |
|
|
Dominica |
1,000 |
960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dominican Rep. |
1,197 |
1,502 |
1,617 |
|
|
3.00 |
2.22 |
1.98 |
|
30 |
|
|
Ecuador |
295 |
381 |
414 |
|
|
3.18 |
2.50 |
2.28 |
|
18 |
|
|
El Salvador |
2,175 |
2,510 |
2,784 |
|
|
3.54 |
1.75 |
2.18 |
|
65 |
|
|
Grenada |
2,618 |
2,676 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guatemala |
653 |
869 |
980 |
|
|
2.77 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
|
41 |
|
|
Guyana |
36 |
37 |
42 |
|
|
1.90 |
0.15 |
0.94 |
|
9 |
|
|
Haiti |
1,963 |
2,385 |
2,605 |
|
|
1.74 |
2.01 |
2.03 |
|
51 |
|
|
Honduras |
339 |
473 |
505 |
|
|
2.71 |
3.18 |
3.00 |
|
32 |
|
|
Jamaica |
1,971 |
2,223 |
2,259 |
|
|
1.20 |
0.92 |
1.02 |
|
44 |
|
|
Mexico |
351 |
441 |
491 |
|
|
3.21 |
2.22 |
2.06 |
|
52 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
222 |
293 |
373 |
|
|
3.20 |
2.60 |
3.74 |
|
57 |
|
|
Panama |
259 |
320 |
353 |
|
|
2.88 |
2.07 |
1.90 |
|
29 |
|
|
Paraguay |
80 |
108 |
125 |
|
|
2.74 |
2.93 |
2.69 |
|
60 |
|
|
Peru |
138 |
171 |
186 |
|
|
2.80 |
2.08 |
2.03 |
|
24 |
|
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
1,222 |
1,167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Lucia |
1,887 |
2,177 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Vincent & Grens. |
2,538 |
2,769 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Suriname |
22 |
26 |
27 |
|
|
2.28 |
1.94 |
1.86 |
|
1 |
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
2,138 |
2,439 |
2,546 |
|
|
1.60 |
1.27 |
1.08 |
|
26 |
|
|
United States |
245 |
269 |
275 |
|
|
1.08 |
0.94 |
1.03 |
|
45 |
|
|
Uruguay |
165 |
175 |
182 |
|
|
0.84 |
0.56 |
0.58 |
|
85 |
|
|
Venezuela |
170 |
217 |
248 |
|
|
3.35 |
2.37 |
2.12 |
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World |
338 |
402 |
436 |
|
World |
2.06 |
1.74 |
1.68 |
World |
38 |
|
|
Africa |
163 |
218 |
246 |
|
Africa |
2.65 |
2.95 |
2.93 |
Africa |
35 |
|
|
S. America |
138 |
168 |
182 |
|
S. America |
2.48 |
1.88 |
1.67 |
S. America |
34 |
|
|
N. & C. America |
154 |
177 |
209 |
|
N. America |
1.13 |
0.96 |
1.06 |
N./ C. America |
29 |
|
|
Europe |
1,012 |
1,047 |
320 |
|
C. America |
3.16 |
2.32 |
2.24 |
Europe |
47 |
|
|
Asia |
955 |
1,151 |
1,119 |
|
Asia |
2.44 |
1.85 |
1.78 |
Asia |
45 |
|
Source: World Resources Database, 1994-1995. More recent data from World Resources 1996-1997 were used when available.
* From 1993-1994.
** The population growth rates here may differ from the rates listed in the 'Social Indicators " section of the book due to different reporting sources.
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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