. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Introduction Water bodies Mangrove Montane forest Submontane forest Lowland moist forest Dry forest Pine forest Swamp forest. Figure Extent of the forests shown in this Atlas, compiled from the country maps Forest Cover The closed forest formations that are discussed in the following country chapters comprise the lowland moist forests of the Amazon Basin, the Guianas, the Colombian Choco, the Brazilian Atlantic coastal forests and the Caribbean slope of Central America; the submontane and montane moist forests of the Andes, southe
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Introduction Water bodies Mangrove Montane forest Submontane forest Lowland moist forest Dry forest Pine forest Swamp forest. Figure Extent of the forests shown in this Atlas, compiled from the country maps Forest Cover The closed forest formations that are discussed in the following country chapters comprise the lowland moist forests of the Amazon Basin, the Guianas, the Colombian Choco, the Brazilian Atlantic coastal forests and the Caribbean slope of Central America; the submontane and montane moist forests of the Andes, southern Venezuela and Central America; the exten- sive pine forests of Mexico. Guatemala. Honduras. Nicaragua and the Araucaria forests of southeastern Brazil; and the dry. mostly deciduous formations found along the Pacific coast, in central and southwestern Brazil, central and northern Venezuela and throughout Central America (mostly along the Pacific slope). Note that, although the very dry forests such as thorn scrub, caatinga. cerrado and chaco are found throughout the area within this study, these open formations are not mapped and are only touched on briefly within the country chapters. Moist and dry forest cover are also mapped for Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and overviews given for the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean countries where no map data are available. The extent of the forests illustrated in this Atlas are shown on Figure This regional compilation comprises an amalgama- tion of the country maps shown in Chapters 10-33 and provides a regional overview of the forest remaining in the Americas. Forest Classification This Atlas, along with the other two in the series, attempts to achieve a synoptic view by combining the numerous forest for- mations depicted on country maps into broader classifications. In addition to the forest types in the previous two Atlases, sub- montane forests, seasonally dry forests and pine forests have been mapped here because of their e
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