KEY FINDINGS  
       

Asia
China

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 9,326,410 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 1,306,313,812

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 1,634,800 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 1,183,970 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - +1.2%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 28.9 country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 55,448 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 2.0%
% world IFL located in country - 0.4%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 0.1%

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 16 (3 669 kb)
Block 17 (9 441 kb)
Block 18 (6 550 kb)
Block 27 (12 619 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 16 (1 588 kb)
Block 17 (4 114 kb)
Block 18 (2 892 kb)
Block 27 (5 242 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 16 (8 531 kb)
Block 17 (11 933 kb)
Block 18 (12 106 kb)
Block 27 (10 155 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: E. Tsybikova (Biodiversity Conservation Center, International Socio-Ecological Union), I. Glushkov (Biodiversity Conservation Center, International Socio-Ecological Union)
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