KEY FINDINGS  
       

Africa
Congo, Republic of the

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 341,500 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 3,039,126

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 220,600 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 219,767 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.1%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 100% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 144,588 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 41.9%
% world IFL located in country - 1.1%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 12.4%

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:
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Block 32 (23 735 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 24 (9 238 kb)
Block 32 (9 429 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 24 (5 657 kb)
Block 32 (8 250 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: I. Zhuravleva (Greenpeace)
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