Table with data that support my assessment of the current impacts

This bar graph shows the extent (in km2) and percentage of tropical dry forest that occurs in Mexico and other countries where tropical dry forests occur. As you can see, with 38%, Mexico has the greatest percentage of tropical dry forest out of all the countries listed here. This data shows the importance of devising a plan to conserve the tropical dry forests of Mexico. Living within this great expanse of tropical dry forest are many endemic species that need to be protected.  

Source: (Portillo-Quintero and Sánchez-Azofeifa , 149)

This column graph presents the percentage of tropical dry forests under protected areas, as of 2006, within  Mexico and other countries with tropical dry forests. This figure reflects again the importance of preserving the tropical dry forests of Mexico. Mexico has the largest extent of tropical dry forests, yet it is among the countries with the lowest protection. It is imperative that we attempt to protect more area of the topical dry forests of Mexico as much of the ecosystem has already been eliminated. 


Source: (Portillo-Quintero and Sánchez-Azofeifa , 152)

Country	TDF potential extent(based on Olson et al., 2001)	TDF current extent(this analysis)	TDF converted (%)	TDF Protected (km2)	Percentage under protection
(a)
Mexico	625,038	181,461	71	336	0.2
Bolivia	216,031	118,940	45	10,609	8.9
Brazil	168,164	81,046	52	5015	6.2
Venezuela	113,143	29,396	74	302	1.0
Colombia	92,664	30,713	67	1555	5.1
Peru	48,914	2337	95	188	8.1
Nicaragua	32,277	7414	77	–	–
Honduras	26,582	6280	76	–	–
Ecuador	25,275	6443	75	147	2.3
El Salvador	11,291	3344	70	9	0.3
Guatemala	10,431	1463	86	-	-
Costa Rica	7559	1795	76	279	15.6
Panama	6160	2128	65	-	-
Total	1383,529	472,759	66	18,620	3.9
(b)
Subregion
N&C America	719,338	203,884	72	624	0.3
South America	664,191	268,875	60	17,816	6.6
C. Islands	137,130	46,839	66	4797	10.2
Total	1520,659	519,597	66	23,417	4.5
(c)
Country
Cuba	109,879	36,996	66	4023	10.9
Dominican	14,669	6194	58	368	6.0
Haiti	8971	2002	78	0	0
Jamaica	3438	1585	54	400	25
Cayman Islands	173	63	64	3.5	5.6
Total	137,130	46,839	66	4797	10.2

This table displays the current tropical dry forest extent (km²) and the extent of tropical dry forests under protected areas. The table is broken into 3 categories: (a) North, Central and South American countries; (b) countries of the Caribbean islands and (c) a summary of results per subregion. 


From this table we can see that although Mexico has the largest area of tropical dry forest, they have minimal protected area in comparison to many other countries. 


Source: (Portillo-Quintero and Sánchez-Azofeifa , 150)