KEY FINDINGS  
       

South America
Argentina

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 2,736,690 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 39,537,943

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 346,480 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 337,220 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.8%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 22.6% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 40,750 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 6.5%
% world IFL located in country - 0.3%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 25.4%

IFL forest density assessment

% Closed forests, Open forests and Non-forest ecosystems inside IFL and outside IFL

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Intact Forest Landscapes borders - Google Earth KMZ-file:
Block 30 (34 983 kb)
Block 31 (10 040 kb)
Block 37 (4 264 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 30 (34 983 kb)
Block 31 (10 040 kb)
Block 37 (4 264 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 30 (8 131 kb)
Block 31 (10 354 kb)
Block 37 (5 986 kb)

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Authors

Northern Argentina: S. Turubanova (Greenpeace)

Southern Argentina (Chile border)
: A. Manisha (Greenpeace)

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