KEY FINDINGS  
       

Africa
Nigeria

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 910,768 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 128,771,988

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 135,170 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 128,239 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -2.6%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 27.5% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 2,639 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 1.1%
% world IFL located in country - 0.02%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 62.9%

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:
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Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 24 (9 238 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
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Authors

IFL map by: A. Manisha (Greenpeace)
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