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Forestry 55<br />

2.1 Basic Statistics<br />

Table 2.1.1 Forest Types of <strong>Bangladesh</strong> and their Areas<br />

Forest Types<br />

Forests Managed by Forest Forest Managed by<br />

Department (Mha)<br />

Others (Mha)<br />

Hill Forests<br />

a. Reserved and Protected Forests 0.67<br />

b. Unclasped State Forests<br />

Pla<strong>in</strong> Land Forests<br />

a. Sal Forests 0.12<br />

b. Village Forests 0.27<br />

Littoral Forests<br />

a. Sunderbans 0.57<br />

b. Coastal Afforestation 0.132<br />

Social Forestry Plantation 0.04<br />

Tea and Rubber Plantation<br />

Total 1.532 1.07<br />

Source : FMP (1993)<br />

Note : Mha. Million Hectares<br />

Table 2.1.2 Countries Hav<strong>in</strong>g No Forests<br />

Sl Name of Country Sl Name of Country<br />

1 Holy see (Vatican City) 25 Svalbard<br />

2 Bouvet Island 26 Antarctica<br />

3 Heard Island, McDonald Island 27 Falkland Islands (Islas Malv<strong>in</strong>as)<br />

4 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 28 Cook Islands<br />

5 Sao Tome and Pr<strong>in</strong>cipe 29 Netherlands Antilles<br />

6 Cape Verde 30 Anguilla<br />

7 Jersey 31 Bermuda<br />

8 Tokelau 32 Faroe Islands<br />

9 Wallis and Futuna 33 Jan Mayen<br />

10 Northern Mariana Islands 34 Greenland<br />

11 Wake Island 35 Western Sahara<br />

12 Baker Island 36 Lesotho<br />

13 Tuvalu 37 Libya<br />

14 Marshall Islands 38 Egypt<br />

15 Nauru 39 Djibouti<br />

16 Norfolk Island 40 Gibraltar<br />

17 Cocos (Keel<strong>in</strong>g Island) 41 Monaco<br />

18 Paracel Island 42 San Marion<br />

19 Johnston Atoll 43 <strong>United</strong> Arab Emirates<br />

20 Midway Islands 44 Oman<br />

21 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 45 Qatar<br />

22 Aruba 46 Iraq<br />

23 Turks and Caicos Islands 47 Kuwait<br />

24 Bahra<strong>in</strong><br />

Source : Amiglobe (2002)

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