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Maps 4-6, Figures 2-4Venezuela’s Forest Types (Figure 2)Forest Type (by Elevation) %Lowland 60.2Submontane 28Montane 10.4Mangrove 1.1Tepui 0.3Note:• Elevational cut-offs are as follows: Lowland = 1,500 meters; Mangrove = 1,500 meters.Ecosystem typeTotal Areaof Forests(sq. km)Degree of Protection of Venezuela’s Forests (Figure 3)Total AreaStrictlyProtected*(sq. km)Area ofNationalParks(sq. km)% StrictlyProtected*% NotProtectedLowland forests 229,469.4 44,894.5 22,417.3 19.6 80.4Submontane forests 106,861.4 59,660.3 30,108.9 55.8 44.2Montane forests 39,677.3 32,593.8 20,860.6 82.1 17.9*Does not exclude overlap between strictly protected categories or uncertainty regarding protected area boundariesNote:• Due to overlap in strictly protected areas and the uncertainty regarding the boundaries of naturalmonuments, it is difficult to estimate the amount of forests that are legally protected for conservationpurposes. For this reason, we have chosen to estimate a range of forests, which might be consideredprotected. The low end of the range (17%) includes only national parks, to account for the uncertainty thatoccurs when considering the boundaries of natural monuments. The high end of the range (32%) includes allarea classified as strictly protected (IUCN categories I-IV; that is, national parks, natural monuments, andwildlife refuges), including the overlap within these categories.Degree of Forest Protection, Guayana Region (Figure 4)Ecosystem typeTotalArea (sq.km)StrictlyProtected(sq. km)% StrictlyProtectedExtractiveUse (sq. km)%ExtractiveUseOverlap(sq. km)% OverlapLowland forests 210,953.1 39,761.0 18.8 121,375.0 57.5 13,324.1 6.3Submontane 98,922.2 55,127.7 55.7 55,283.6 55.9 19,924.7 20.1forestsMontane forests 37,218.2 29,971.8 80.5 15,135.1 40.7 8,678.9 23.3Notes:• The area of overlap between national parks and the Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve was not countedas overlap because Venezuelan legislation clearly states that the national parks override areas of overlap in the89