KEY FINDINGS  
       

South America
Venezuela

 

Land area (CIA Fact book) - 882,050 km2
Estimated population 2005 (CIA Fact book) - 25,375,281

Total forest area 2000 (WRI) - 495,060 km2
Natural forest area 2000 (WRI) - 486,430 km2
Annual % forest cover change 1990-2000 (WRI) - -0.4%

Key Findings

Forest zone (zone of analysis) - 100% country area
Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) area - 315,633 km2
% of forest zone occupied by IFL - 36.4%
% world IFL located in country - 2.4%
% of IFL areas located in strict protected areas (WDPA) - 21.0%

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 21 (18 518 kb)
Block 22 (5 988 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - ArcView SHP-file:
Block 21 (7 567 kb)
Block 22 (2 417 kb)

Intact Forest Landscapes borders - TIFF-file:
Block 21 (7 332 kb)
Block 22 (3 919 kb)

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Authors

IFL map by: A.W. Murchie (Greenpeace)
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