Basic statistics of Forestry
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| Ziarat – Balochistan |
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Basic statistics of Forestry
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Total area of Pakistan
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87.98 million ha (including AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
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Cultivation land
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21.20 million ha (24.10%)
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Forest area
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4,60 million ha (5.23%)
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Uncultivated land
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Culturable waste (lands which are available for cultivation but cannot be cultivated on account of some reasons like lack of water. etc)
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8.34 million
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Unclassified area
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29.43 million ha (33.45%)
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Area by vegetation type
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Coniferous forest
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1946 thousand ha
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Scrub forest
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1584 thousand ha
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Riverine Forest
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273 thousand ha
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Irrigated forest
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254 thousand ha
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Coastal forest
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496
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Forest area in each province
· Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1.16 million ha
· Punjab 0.53 million ha
· Sindh 0.59 million ha
· Balochistan 0.95 million ha
· Gilgit Baltistan 0.95 million ha
· AJK 0.42 million ha
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Naeem Javid Muhammad Hassani is working as Conservator of Forests in Balochistan Forest & Wildlife Department (BFWD). He is the CEO of Tech Urdu (techurdu.net) Forestrypedia (forestrypedia.com), All Pak Notifications (allpaknotifications.com), Essayspedia, etc & their YouTube Channels). He is an Environmentalist, Blogger, YouTuber, Developer & Vlogger.