Environmental issues in Bolivia
Deforestation

Environmental issues in Bolivia

Section Title: Deforestation
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Forest Type	Area (ha)	Percent of forest	Percent of Bolivia

1	Amazon forest	19,402,388	37.7	17.7

2	Chaco forest	9,098,162	17.7	8.3

3	Chiquitano forest	8,645,849	16.8	7.9

4	Yungas forest	6,565,994	12.8	6.0

5	Tucumano forest	3,322,885	6.5	3.0

6	Flooded forest	3,047,598	5.9	2.8

7	Pantanal forest	1,147,401	2.2	1.0

8	Dry inter-Andean forest	172,227	0.3	0.2

9	Andean forest	4,496	0.01	0.0

Total forest, 2013	51,407,000	100	46.8

Source: MMAyA-OTCA, summarized by Andersen et al 2016:S1.

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Overall, forests made up 46.8% of Bolivia's total area, in 2013.

final_sentence: Overall, forests made up 46.8% of Bolivia's total area, in 2013.