KEY FINDINGS  
       

Africa
Madagascar

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 581,540 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 18,040,341

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 117,270 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 113,775 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.9%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 38.2% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 17,737 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 7.9%
% world IFL located in country - 0.1%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 20.9%

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 33 (5 492 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 33 (2 187 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 33 (7 008 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: P. Potapov (Greenpeace)
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