KEY FINDINGS  
       

Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 2,267,600 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 60,085,804

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 1,352,070 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 1,351,103 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.4%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 100% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 681,318 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 29.4%
% world IFL located in country - 5.2%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 7.2%

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-files:
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block 25 (457 kb)
block 32 (23 735 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-files:
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block 25 (179 kb)
block 32 (9 429 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-files:
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block 25 (4 677 kb)
block 32 (8 250 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: I. Zhuravleva (Greenpeace)
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