Tropical Woodlands

17.4%

of land area

33.0%

of global population

35.7%

of food calories

27.3%

of key biodiversity areas

25.5%

of protected areas

49.5%

of carbon storage

Dense forests in tropical climate

The tropical woodland biome is characterized by an abundance of trees with a closed canopy and diverse understory vegetation. This biome occupies the second highest percentage of land area with the highest percentages of protected area, key biodiversity area, food calories, and carbon storage.

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Tropical Woodlands biomes near Koh Chang, Thailand https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tropical_rainforest,_Koh_Chang,_Thailand.jpg © Vyacheslav Argenberg / http://www.vascoplanet.com/, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Dense forests in tropical climate

Anthromes