KEY FINDINGS  
       

South America
Peru

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 1,280,000 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 27,925,628

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 652,150 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 645,750 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.4%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 64.3% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 569,586 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 68.7%
% world IFL located in country - 4.3%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 5.1%

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 30 (14 318 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 30 (8 131 kb)

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Authors

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