KEY FINDINGS  
       

Australia and Pacific
Australia

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 7,617,930 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 20,090,437

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 1,545,390 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 1,534,960 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.17%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 9.8% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 137,692 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 18.3%
% world IFL located in country - 1.0%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 0.7%

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 34 (1 374 kb)
Block 35 (6 456 kb)
Block 38 (82 kb)
Block 39 (1 166 kb)
Block 40 (1 591 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 34 (586 kb)
Block 35 (2 837 kb)
Block 38 (36 kb)
Block 39 (514 kb)
Block 40 (711 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 34 (4 398 kb)
Block 35 (6 127 kb)
Block 38 (3 912 kb)
Block 39 (4 795 kb)
Block 40 (4 761 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: A. Egorov (Biodiversity Conservation Center, International Socio-Ecological Union)
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