
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
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