Deforestation statistics for Bhutan

Total land area: Bhutan

Total land area	ha
Land area	3,898,581
Tree cover in 2018	2,508,111

Forest and tree cover extent: Bhutan

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

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		2,590,765
2001	1,605,453
2010	1,602,561	2,521,994
2018	1,599,034	2,508,111
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	64%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		64.3%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Bhutan

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

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		292
2002	120	223
2003	85	541
2004	337	1,025
2005	316	1,025
2006	256	622
2007	186	500
2008	319	778
2009	454	1,188
2010	819	4,373
2011	379	1,093
2012	315	767
2013	191	476
2014	463	1,227
2015	279	743
2016	704	1,979
2017	791	1,978
2018	406	1,247
Primary loss 2002-2018	6,419
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		19,785
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	32.4%
Percent loss 2001-2018	0.4%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	321.31	1,057
Loss/year (2011-2018)	440.92	1,189

Biodiversity data: Bhutan

Species count by taxa for Bhutan. 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	615
Amphibians	39
Reptiles	65
Fishes	52
Mammals	99
Vascular plants	5468

Conservation data: Bhutan

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

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	25
Threatened birds (2018)	21
Threatened fishes (2018)	3
Threatened higher plants (2018)	43

Protected areas data: Bhutan

Data on threatened species in Bhutan 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	48
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Bhutan

"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	3898581	2693318	69.10%	2660552	68.20%	2650289	68.00%	20893	0.80%	1161	1063	1283
15	3898581	2647260	67.90%	2613307	67.00%	2603338	66.80%	20479	0.80%	1138	1051	1246
20	3898581	2638144	67.70%	2602186	66.70%	2592297	66.50%	20340	0.80%	1130	1045	1236
25	3898581	2626594	67.40%	2546903	65.30%	2537156	65.10%	20149	0.80%	1119	1040	1218
30	3898581	2590765	66.50%	2521994	64.70%	2512484	64.40%	19824	0.80%	1101	1031	1189
50	3898581	2378743	61.00%	2127760	54.60%	2119532	54.40%	17573	0.70%	976	935	1029
75	3898581	1672271	42.90%	1455200	37.30%	1450464	37.20%	10870	0.70%	604	613	592

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Bhutan

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	3898581	2693318	2660552	1427191513	5153970	286332	9448937	524941
15	3898581	2647260	2613307	1415165664	5096112	283117	9342858	519048
20	3898581	2638144	2602186	1412956849	5081943	282330	9316844	517602
25	3898581	2626594	2546903	1410256327	5057401	280967	9271881	515105
30	3898581	2590765	2521994	1399482491	5018610	278812	9200771	511154
50	3898581	2378743	2127760	1323072579	4646781	258155	8519114	473284
75	3898581	1672271	1455200	1005072836	3217836	178769	5899407	327745

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Bhutan

"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)
Bumthang	272576	143519	138168	137903	51%	685	0%	38	420	0%	42	265	0%	33
Chhukha	189396	154953	147906	147310	78%	1367	1%	76	771	0%	77	596	0%	75
Dagana	173519	146840	140362	139857	81%	1371	1%	76	866	1%	87	505	0%	63
Gasa	314419	62452	55655	55485	18%	450	1%	25	280	0%	28	170	0%	21
Haa	191276	125494	117467	117098	61%	668	1%	37	299	0%	30	369	0%	46
Lhuentse	287007	161753	155837	155425	54%	571	0%	32	159	0%	16	412	0%	52
Monggar	195734	157852	159385	158573	81%	1182	1%	66	370	0%	37	812	1%	102
Paro	129563	63992	62079	61504	47%	1079	2%	60	504	1%	50	575	1%	72
Pemagatshel	103188	88733	89266	88555	86%	1104	1%	61	393	0%	39	711	1%	89
Punakha	111797	83960	83932	83605	75%	806	1%	45	479	1%	48	327	0%	41
Samdrupjongkhar	188759	159401	156347	155608	82%	1300	1%	72	561	0%	56	739	0%	92
Samtse	131598	100334	94131	93915	71%	864	1%	48	648	1%	65	216	0%	27
Sarpang	166730	141283	139391	139012	83%	689	0%	38	310	0%	31	379	0%	47
Thimphu	180650	72720	68750	68568	38%	558	1%	31	376	1%	38	182	0%	23
Trashigang	221700	163054	161354	160857	73%	853	1%	47	356	0%	36	497	0%	62
Trongsa	182158	144632	144462	143832	79%	1229	1%	68	599	0%	60	630	0%	79
Tsirang	64449	55229	54318	54148	84%	561	1%	31	391	1%	39	170	0%	21
Wangduephodrang	405556	249707	243743	242844	60%	2935	1%	163	2036	1%	204	899	0%	112
Yangtse	145593	93896	90771	90524	62%	306	0%	17	59	0%	6	247	0%	31
Zhemgang	242913	220961	218670	217861	90%	1246	1%	69	437	0%	44	809	0%	101

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Bhutan

"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)
Bumthang	272576	143519	138168	90652784	406528	22585	24972	19601
Chhukha	189396	154953	147906	74031947	628349	34908	37683	31440
Dagana	173519	146840	140362	70202088	617046	34280	42031	24592
Gasa	314419	62452	55655	26568481	165747	9208	9595	8724
Haa	191276	125494	117467	65334316	305803	16989	14178	20503
Lhuentse	287007	161753	155837	97026197	278286	15460	8165	24579
Monggar	195734	157852	159385	93568614	562648	31258	18584	47101
Paro	129563	63992	62079	31700412	479320	26629	20995	33672
Pemagatshel	103188	88733	89266	45525874	498645	27703	17612	40316
Punakha	111797	83960	83932	42501251	368666	20481	23219	17059
Samdrupjongkhar	188759	159401	156347	83052178	549101	30506	24927	37479
Samtse	131598	100334	94131	48789528	431064	23948	34199	11135
Sarpang	166730	141283	139391	72745964	313882	17438	15127	20327
Thimphu	180650	72720	68750	36148358	208444	11580	13252	9491
Trashigang	221700	163054	161354	98140775	431011	23945	19712	29236
Trongsa	182158	144632	144462	82805061	572086	31783	28026	36478
Tsirang	64449	55229	54318	28317507	266427	14802	19511	8915
Wangduephodrang	405556	249707	243743	131087863	1383562	76865	97693	50829
Yangtse	145593	93896	90771	57402242	148051	8225	3289	14395
Zhemgang	242913	220961	218670	123881051	586105	32561	21037	46966

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Bhutan

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)
Bumthang	272576	143519	138168	49446973	344	221740	12319	13621	10691
Chhukha	189396	154953	147906	40381062	261	342738	19041	20555	17149
Dagana	173519	146840	140362	38292048	261	336572	18698	22926	13414
Gasa	314419	62452	55655	14491899	232	90405	5023	5234	4758
Haa	191276	125494	117467	35636899	284	166800	9267	7734	11183
Lhuentse	287007	161753	155837	52923382	327	151798	8433	4454	13407
Monggar	195734	157852	159385	51037423	323	306894	17050	10137	25691
Paro	129563	63992	62079	17291133	270	261454	14525	11452	18367
Pemagatshel	103188	88733	89266	24832296	280	271988	15110	9606	21991
Punakha	111797	83960	83932	23182500	276	201093	11172	12665	9306
Samdrupjongkhar	188759	159401	156347	45301186	284	299509	16639	13596	20443
Samtse	131598	100334	94131	26612470	265	235122	13062	18654	6073
Sarpang	166730	141283	139391	39679618	281	171211	9512	8251	11087
Thimphu	180650	72720	68750	19717286	271	113699	6317	7228	5177
Trashigang	221700	163054	161354	53531332	328	235103	13061	10752	15948
Trongsa	182158	144632	144462	45166396	312	312045	17336	15287	19897
Tsirang	64449	55229	54318	15445914	280	145314	8073	10642	4862
Wangduephodrang	405556	249707	243743	71502468	286	754674	41926	53288	27725
Yangtse	145593	93896	90771	31310314	333	80756	4486	1794	7852
Zhemgang	242913	220961	218670	67571480	306	319695	17761	11475	25618

Archived forest data for Bhutan | Forest data for Bhutan

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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