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Notes:• In 1996 the Venezuelan government published forest cover estimates for 1995, based on an unpublishedvegetation map (Balance Ambiental de Venezuela, Apéndice). In addition to providing forest cover estimatesfor all 23 states and territories, the Apéndice also includes a deforestation analysis for 13 states(see table below).•The Apéndice reports internally inconsistent forest cover figures for several of the states listed. In one tableof the Apéndice, 1995 forest cover estimates for 5 of 13 states are listed higher than in another table in thesame chapter. The increase in forest cover for two of these states (Monagas and Anzoátegui) can be attributedto the inclusion of plantation area in one of the tables. However, for the remaining three (Bolívar, Amazonas,and Delta Amacuro), plantation area alone is not enough to explain the discrepancy in estimates.Venezuela’s Deforestation in Thirteen States, 1982-1995State 1982 1995 Area % total Annual % Annualdeforested loss/gain deforestation deforestation(ha)Distrito Federal 97,966.0 88,960.0 (9,006.0) -9.2 (692.8) -0.7Amazonas 16,612,558.0 16,556,407.6 (56,150.4) -0.3 (4,319.3) 0.0Anzoátegui 983,023.0 1,134,342.7 151,319.7 15.4 11,640.0 1.2Aragua 262,478.0 173,697.0 (88,781.0) -33.8 (6,829.3) -2.6Bolívar 18,709,134.0 18,242,551.6 (466,582.4) -2.5 (35,891.0) -0.2Delta Amacuro 3,360,195.0 3,322,572.5 (37,622.5) -1.1 (2,894.0) -0.1Falcón 970,210.0 751,250.0 (218,960.0) -22.6 (16,843.1) -1.7Guárico 1,435,140.0 1,204,905.6 (230,234.4) -16.0 (17,710.3) -1.2Miranda 504,257.0 421,651.9 (82,605.1) -16.4 (6,354.2) -1.3Monagas 750,154.0 855,227.6 105,073.6 14.0 8,082.6 1.1Nueva Esparta 13,750.0 13,750.0 - 0.0 - 0.0Sucre 578,559.0 361,868.6 (216,690.4) -37.5 (16,668.5) -2.9Zulia 3,949,197.0 1,704,632.0 (2,244,565.0) -56.8 (172,658.9) -4.4Total 48,226,621.0 44,831,817.1 (3,394,803.9) -12.8 (261,138.8) -1.0Source: Original 1982 and 1995 forest cover numbers from MARNR, Balance Ambiental de Venezuela, Apéndice 1996 (Caracas, Venezuela:MARNR, 1996); calculations for all other columns are based on formulas entered into a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet.Notes:• The Apéndice reports an average annual deforestation rate of 0.54% between 1982 and 1995 for 13 of 23states (see Table 2.7B, page 13). However, these estimates appear to have been incorrectly calculated. Theabove table reflects the 1982 and 1995 forest cover estimates as reported in the Apéndice, with the derivedforest change estimates calculated automatically using Microsoft Excel. Our calculations revealed that theannual deforestation rate in these 13 states would appear to about 1%.• For the purposes of this table, we have assumed that the numbers for Anzoátegui, Monagas, Bolívar,Amazonas, and Delta Amacuro are correct in table 2.7B of the Apéndice rather than the 1995 forest covernumbers provided in table 2.2 of the same document.88