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Regional Overview of Mexico| Table 27. Deforestation rate by type of closed forest | |||
Forest type |
Estimated area (kmē) |
Deforestation kmē/yr) |
Deforestation rate (%/yr) |
| Temperate coniferous | 169,000 | 1630 | 0.96 |
| Temperate broadleaved | 88,000 | 820 | 0.93 |
| Tropical evergreen | 97,000 | 2370 | 2.44 |
| Tropical deciduous | 161,000 | 3220 | 2.00 |
| Total | 515,000 | 8040 | 1.56 |
| Source: after Masera, Ordóņez and Dirzo (1995). | |||