Australia and Pacific Papua New Guinea   Land area (CIA Fact book) - 452,860 km2 Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 5,545,268 Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 306,010 km2 Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 305,112 km2 Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.4%
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Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 100% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 163,743 km²
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 35.9%
% world IFL located in country - 1.2%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 0%

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 35 (6 456 kb)
Block 36 (891 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 35 (2 837 kb)
Block 36 (372 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 35 (6 127 kb)
Block 36 (4 124 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: I. Zhuravleva (Greenpeace), E. Esipova (Biodiversity Conservation Center, International Socio-Ecological Union)
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