Data on both forest included in protected areas and forest in
areas designated for biodiversity conservation was incomplete
(Fig. 1), though increasing; data on these variables are not available
for all countries in all years, with a maximum of 86% reporting on
forest designated for biodiversity conservation in 2010 and fewer
reporting on formally protected forest (Fig. 1, left panel).
However, the percentage of global forest area in countries reporting
biodiversity conservation area was 99.6% in 2010 (right panel).
Even in 1990, the year with the least reporting, more than 80% of
the global forest area was in countries that reported forest area
protected, and more than 88% of the global forest area was in countries
that reported biodiversity conservation area. Countries with
large forest areas that did not report on forest in protected areas
in all years, included the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Australia, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, and Venezuela.