Deforestation statistics for Bahamas

Total land area: Bahamas

Total land area	ha
Land area	1,356,982
Tree cover in 2018	331,579

Forest and tree cover extent: Bahamas

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Bahamas. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		303,654
2001	11,265
2010	11,216	344,289
2018	9,709	331,579
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	3%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		24.4%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Bahamas

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Bahamas by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		433
2002	0	702
2003	0	274
2004	5	591
2005	3	591
2006	17	1,018
2007	9	605
2008	4	1,949
2009	7	824
2010	5	402
2011	2	623
2012	8	371
2013	3	1,572
2014	2	902
2015	2	1,087
2016	1,459	3,136
2017	16	3,705
2018	14	912
Primary loss 2002-2018	1,557
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		19,264
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	8.1%
Percent loss 2001-2018	13.8%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	5.52	739
Loss/year (2011-2018)	188.36	1,539

Biodiversity data: Bahamas

Species count by taxa for Bahamas. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).

Animal / plant group	Species count
Birds	264
Amphibians	5
Reptiles	46
Fishes	884
Mammals
Vascular plants

Conservation data: Bahamas

Data on threatened species in Bahamas as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	5
Threatened birds (2018)	10
Threatened fishes (2018)	43
Threatened higher plants (2018)	7

Protected areas data: Bahamas

Data on threatened species in Bahamas as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).

Protected areas (2017)	Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas, % of total land area	36.6
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Bahamas

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	1356982	357745	26.40%	382533	28.20%	368684	27.20%	22229	6.20%	1235	838	1731
15	1356982	340068	25.10%	377668	27.80%	364280	26.80%	21724	6.40%	1207	834	1674
20	1356982	327838	24.20%	364339	26.80%	351387	25.90%	21258	6.50%	1181	831	1619
25	1356982	314161	23.20%	354132	26.10%	341598	25.20%	20819	6.60%	1157	829	1567
30	1356982	303654	22.40%	344289	25.40%	331981	24.50%	20556	6.80%	1142	825	1539
50	1356982	257016	18.90%	264184	19.50%	253353	18.70%	18489	7.20%	1027	766	1354
75	1356982	199531	14.70%	174409	12.90%	165926	12.20%	15234	7.60%	846	675	1060

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Bahamas

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	1356982	357745	382533	43735554	1656117	92007	3036209	168678
15	1356982	340068	377668	42159324	1630152	90564	2988594	166033
20	1356982	327838	364339	41021358	1605116	89173	2942718	163484
25	1356982	314161	354132	39739409	1580662	87815	2897867	160993
30	1356982	303654	344289	38741980	1566052	87003	2871083	159505
50	1356982	257016	264184	33940361	1446119	80340	2651219	147290
75	1356982	199531	174409	27093670	1223275	67960	2242652	124592

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Bahamas

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Acklins	50198	16369	15899	15752	31%	163	1%	9	16	0%	2	147	1%	18
Berry Islands	6644	1437	1757	1689	25%	94	7%	5	26	2%	3	68	4%	9
Biminis	3781	750	867	805	21%	72	10%	4	10	1%	1	62	7%	8
Black Point	5081	906	884	882	17%	37	4%	2	35	4%	4	2	0%	-
Cat Island	37383	25281	25905	24702	66%	2323	9%	129	1120	4%	112	1203	5%	150
Central Abaco	73118	10875	15974	15361	21%	836	8%	46	223	2%	22	613	4%	77
Central Andros	122248	10505	12854	12729	10%	244	2%	14	119	1%	12	125	1%	16
Central Eleuthera	7112	4624	4537	4378	62%	626	14%	35	467	10%	47	159	4%	20
City of Freeport	2595	569	543	466	18%	105	18%	6	28	5%	3	77	14%	10
Crooked Island	33655	12589	13444	11736	35%	1722	14%	96	14	0%	1	1708	13%	214
East Grand Bahama	58552	9035	13546	12614	22%	1207	13%	67	275	3%	28	932	7%	117
Exuma	36241	9103	11141	11107	31%	179	2%	10	145	2%	15	34	0%	4
Grand Cay	704	134	243	238	34%	5	4%	-	0	0%	-	5	2%	1
Harbour Island	503	71	70	69	14%	13	18%	1	12	17%	1	1	1%	-
Hope Town	4833	1412	1583	1567	32%	73	5%	4	57	4%	6	16	1%	2
Inagua	168445	15266	11226	11184	7%	120	1%	7	78	1%	8	42	0%	5
Long Island	48843	22088	22495	22128	45%	579	3%	32	212	1%	21	367	2%	46
Mangrove Cay	49178	6902	9851	9712	20%	318	5%	18	179	3%	18	139	1%	17
Mayaguana	29160	17673	18834	18801	64%	324	2%	18	291	2%	29	33	0%	4
Moore's Island	2196	609	909	876	40%	42	7%	2	9	1%	1	33	4%	4
New Providence	23360	4119	3207	2976	13%	1099	27%	61	868	21%	87	231	7%	29
North Abaco	22545	7009	11754	11615	52%	196	3%	11	57	1%	6	139	1%	17
North Andros	287368	41547	47884	44720	16%	3550	9%	197	386	1%	39	3164	7%	396
North Eleuthera	18685	10019	10148	9805	52%	1081	11%	60	738	7%	74	343	3%	43
Ragged Island	4628	548	443	426	9%	18	3%	1	1	0%	-	17	4%	2
Rum Cay	9180	5289	5520	5520	60%	33	1%	2	33	1%	3	0	0%	-
San Salvador	15680	4531	6889	6886	44%	6	0%	-	3	0%	-	3	0%	-
South Abaco	43599	23378	27761	27076	62%	1819	8%	101	1134	5%	113	685	2%	86
South Andros	110912	16822	19240	18960	17%	545	3%	30	265	2%	27	280	1%	35
South Eleuthera	21478	14460	14470	14026	65%	1207	8%	67	763	5%	76	444	3%	56
Spanish Wells	383	158	93	93	24%	68	43%	4	68	43%	7	0	0%	-
West Grand Bahama	58694	9576	14318	13082	22%	1852	19%	103	616	6%	62	1236	9%	155

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Bahamas

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Acklins	50198	16369	15899	1805829	18090	1005	172	2046
Berry Islands	6644	1437	1757	88847	10641	591	27	1296
Biminis	3781	750	867	92169	9848	547	134	1064
Black Point	5081	906	884	35062	141	8	13	1
Cat Island	37383	25281	25905	3330690	309760	17209	14623	20441
Central Abaco	73118	10875	15974	1428673	117720	6540	3844	9910
Central Andros	122248	10505	12854	1269611	30765	1709	1497	1974
Central Eleuthera	7112	4624	4537	819044	125524	6974	9686	3583
City of Freeport	2595	569	543	76558	14439	802	374	1337
Crooked Island	33655	12589	13444	1487215	212954	11831	191	26381
East Grand Bahama	58552	9035	13546	1171817	161920	8996	3385	16009
Exuma	36241	9103	11141	941163	20905	1161	1716	468
Grand Cay	704	134	243	0	0	0	0	0
Harbour Island	503	71	70	0	0	0	0	0
Hope Town	4833	1412	1583	69960	11233	624	827	371
Inagua	168445	15266	11226	1528030	13146	730	930	481
Long Island	48843	22088	22495	2648397	63471	3526	2436	4889
Mangrove Cay	49178	6902	9851	864395	38083	2116	2110	2123
Mayaguana	29160	17673	18834	1773096	31365	1743	2852	355
Moore's Island	2196	609	909	75787	7004	389	219	602
New Providence	23360	4119	3207	560841	161848	8992	12788	4246
North Abaco	22545	7009	11754	1037153	29704	1650	938	2541
North Andros	287368	41547	47884	5552624	473939	26330	5255	52674
North Eleuthera	18685	10019	10148	1636076	187445	10414	13154	6989
Ragged Island	4628	548	443	18613	230	13	0	29
Rum Cay	9180	5289	5520	624337	3883	216	387	1
San Salvador	15680	4531	6889	688599	723	40	35	46
South Abaco	43599	23378	27761	3397239	321390	17855	22592	11934
South Andros	110912	16822	19240	2331098	69901	3883	3413	4471
South Eleuthera	21478	14460	14470	2184500	177208	9845	11555	7707
Spanish Wells	383	158	93	0	0	0	0	0
West Grand Bahama	58694	9576	14318	1204557	247803	13767	8656	20156

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Bahamas

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Acklins	50198	16369	15899	984997	60	9867	548	94	1116
Berry Islands	6644	1437	1757	48462	34	5803	322	15	707
Biminis	3781	750	867	50274	67	5371	298	73	580
Black Point	5081	906	884	19125	21	76	4	7	1
Cat Island	37383	25281	25905	1816740	72	168959	9387	7976	11150
Central Abaco	73118	10875	15974	779276	72	64212	3567	2097	5406
Central Andros	122248	10505	12854	692515	66	16781	932	817	1077
Central Eleuthera	7112	4624	4537	446751	97	68467	3804	5283	1955
City of Freeport	2595	569	543	41759	73	7876	438	204	730
Crooked Island	33655	12589	13444	811208	64	116160	6453	104	14390
East Grand Bahama	58552	9035	13546	639173	71	88319	4907	1846	8732
Exuma	36241	9103	11141	513361	56	11403	634	936	255
Grand Cay	704	134	243	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harbour Island	503	71	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hope Town	4833	1412	1583	38160	27	6129	341	451	202
Inagua	168445	15266	11226	833471	55	7171	398	507	262
Long Island	48843	22088	22495	1444580	65	34620	1923	1329	2667
Mangrove Cay	49178	6902	9851	471488	68	20773	1154	1151	1158
Mayaguana	29160	17673	18834	967144	55	17108	950	1556	194
Moore's Island	2196	609	909	41338	68	3820	212	119	328
New Providence	23360	4119	3207	305913	74	88283	4905	6976	2316
North Abaco	22545	7009	11754	565720	81	16205	900	512	1386
North Andros	287368	41547	47884	3028704	73	258515	14362	2867	28731
North Eleuthera	18685	10019	10148	892405	89	102243	5680	7175	3812
Ragged Island	4628	548	443	10153	19	126	7	0	16
Rum Cay	9180	5289	5520	340548	64	2116	118	211	1
San Salvador	15680	4531	6889	375599	83	396	22	19	26
South Abaco	43599	23378	27761	1853039	79	175303	9739	12323	6510
South Andros	110912	16822	19240	1271508	76	38129	2118	1862	2439
South Eleuthera	21478	14460	14470	1191546	82	96657	5370	6303	4204
Spanish Wells	383	158	93	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Grand Bahama	58694	9576	14318	657031	69	135164	7509	4721	10994

Archived forest data for Bahamas | Forest data for Bahamas

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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