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Scientific forest management in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)

Scientific forest management in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)

Muhammad Yousaf Khan and Raees Khan

ABSTRACT

Forest has the 2nd largest land use cover after Agriculture. Out of total 7,448,636 ha area of KP agriculture is 2,224,739 ha, 29.86%, forest cover is 1,508,604 ha, 20.3%, alpine Pastures 649,721 ha, shrubs and bushes 533,523 ha, rangeland 794,471 ha, snow and glaciers 813,530 ha, horticulture is 15,519 ha, barren land (desert) is 646,305 ha, settlements is110,536 ha, and water bodies is 151,688 ha (Land Cover Atlas of Pakistan PFI 2012). Forest is the main revenue source of provincial exchequer till imposition of ban on forest harvesting in 1993 forest was contributing 43% revenue to provincial exchequer. Forest has the tremendous potential and scope for employment in the fields of forest protection, harvesting, conversion, transportation, marketing of timber and reforestation operations.

Scientific forest management not only ensure sustainability of forests in terms of crop health, fulfillment of silvicultural requirements at different ages and stages of growth of valuable forest species but contribute to the national cause by equitable resource production adding to financial, social, economical and even law and order aspects of the society. The scientific management of forests has been evaluated against the existing ban on forest management and it has been concluded that scientific management is the remedy to resolve the issues associated with the forest crops, products, produce, disputes and resources in Pakistan.

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Pakistan Journal of Forestry

June

Vol. 74, Iss. 1

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