Hot spot area | Municipalities | Surface (km2) | Forest 1993 (km2) | Forest 2011 (km2) | Loss (km2) | Average annual deforestation rate (%) |
1 | Choix El Fuerte Sinaloa de Leyva | 11,399.81 | 8491.03 | 8118.46 | 372.57 | 0.24 |
2 | Culiacán Badiraguato Mocorito Salvador Alvarado | 11,127.77 | 8457.71 | 7374.31 | 1083.40 | 0.71 |
3 | Cruz de Elota Cósala San Ignacio | 8385.03 | 7259.19 | 6797.69 | 461.50 | 0.35 |
4 | El Rosario Concordia Escuinapa Mazatlán | 7787.62 | 5955.42 | 5568.89 | 386.53 | 0.36 |