Africa Nicaragua   Land area (CIA Fact book) - 120,254 km2 Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 5,465,100 Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 32,780 km2 Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 32,320 km2 Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -3%
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Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 100% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 10,603 km²
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 8.3%
% world IFL located in country - 0.1%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 28.7%

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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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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