Europe Russia   Land area (CIA Fact book) - 16,995,800 km2 Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 143,420,309 Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 8,513,920 km2 Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 8,340,520 km2 Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - no data
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Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 57.1% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 2,796,840 km²
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 29.2%
% world IFL located in country - 21.3%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 5.1%

For more information about Intact Forest Landscapes in Russian regions see here

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 4 (1 308 kb)
Block 5 (5 367 kb)
Block 6 (4 695 kb)
Block 7 (3 057 kb)
Block 8 (653 kb)
Block 15 (733 kb)
Block 16 (3 669 kb)
Block 17 (9 441 kb)
Block 18 (6 550 kb)
Block 19 (647 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 4 (548 kb)
Block 5 (2 286 kb)
Block 6 (2 049 kb)
Block 7 (1 374 kb)
Block 8 (301 kb)
Block 15 (309 kb)
Block 16 (1 588 kb)
Block 17 (4 114 kb)
Block 18 (2 892 kb)
Block 19 (293 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 4 (8 580 kb)
Block 5 (10 245 kb)
Block 6 (11 550 kb)
Block 7 (11 056 kb)
Block 8 (7 795 kb)
Block 15 (8 608 kb)
Block 16 (8 531 kb)
Block 17 (11 933 kb)
Block 18 (12 106 kb)
Block 19 (4 901 kb)

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Authors

European part is based on "The last intact forest landscapes of Northern European Russia" (Greenpeace and GFW, 2001), updated by S. Turubanova and P. Potapov (Greenpeace)

Western Siberia is based on "Atlas of Russia's intact forest landscapes" (GFW, 2002)

Eastern Siberia is based on "Atlas of Russia's intact forest landscapes" (GFW, 2002), partly updated by E. Tsybikova and E. Esipova (Biodiversity Conservation Center, International Socio-Ecological Union)

Far East is based on "Atlas of Russia's intact forest landscapes" (GFW, 2002), updated by M. Dubinin and I. Glushkov (Biodiversity Conservation Center, International Socio-Ecological Union)

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