South America Brazil   Land area (CIA Fact book) - 8,456,510 km2 Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 186,112,794 Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 5,439,050 km2 Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 5,389,235 km2 Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.4 %
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Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 91.5 % country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 2,481,050 km²
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 31.9 %
% world IFL located in country - 18.9 %
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 5.1 %

For more information about Intact Forest Landscapes in Brazil states see here

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 21 (18 518 kb)
Block 22 (5 988 kb)
Block 30 (34 983 kb)
Block 31 (10 040 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 21 (7 567 kb)
Block 22 (2 417 kb)
Block 30 (14 318 kb)
Block 31 (4 106 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 21 (7 332 kb)
Block 22 (3 919 kb)
Block 30 (8 131 kb)
Block 31 (10 354 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: A.W. Murchie (Greenpeace)
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