Conservation and protection of forest heritage in Sindh
Conservation and protection of forest heritage in Sindh
Bahauddin Sirhindi
ABSTRACT
Sindh province has a total of 1.088 million
hectares under forests, out of which 0.261 million
ha. comprise of the riverine forests and 0.0704
million hectares are irrigated plantations, while the
rest of the 0.756 million ha. constitute mangrove
forests (0.288 million ha) and range lands (0.467
million ha), only about 30% of the total forest area
falls under productive category while the rest of
the area is of protective nature. Riverine and
irrigated forest plantations, the productive category
constitute about 2.3 percent of total land area of
the province.
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September 1991
Vol. 41, Iss. 3
