KEY FINDINGS  
       

South America
French Guiana

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 89,150 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 195,506

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 80,630
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 77,610
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.35%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 100% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 66,236 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 79.6%
% world IFL located in country - 0.5%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 2.5%

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 22 (5 988 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 22 (2 417 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 22 (3 919 kb)

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Authors

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