KEY FINDINGS  
       

North America
Costa Rica

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 50,660 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 4,016,173

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 19,680 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 17,900 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.8%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 100% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 3,211 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 6.3%
% world IFL located in country - 0.02%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 62.3%

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)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 21 (7 567 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 21 (7 332 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: A. Manisha (Greenpeace)
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