Forest Resource Management of Myanmar Using GIS ... - APRSAF
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2. FOREST RESOURCES<br />
2.1 <strong>Forest</strong> Cover Status<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Cover Status in 2002<br />
Figure 2.<br />
Other<br />
Lands<br />
30.10%<br />
Closed<br />
<strong>Forest</strong>s<br />
37.38%<br />
<strong>Forest</strong><br />
Fallows<br />
1.77%<br />
Shrubs<br />
15.85%<br />
Open<br />
<strong>Forest</strong>s<br />
14.90%<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Cover Status in 2002<br />
Closed <strong>Forest</strong> 37.38 %<br />
Open <strong>Forest</strong>s 14.90 %<br />
Total Natural <strong>Forest</strong>s 52.28 %<br />
(Closed and Open <strong>Forest</strong>s)<br />
Shrubs 15.85 %<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Fallows 1.77 %<br />
Other Lands 30.10 %<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> Cover Appraisals<br />
Year <strong>of</strong> Appraisal<br />
% <strong>of</strong> Total Land<br />
1925 65.8 %<br />
1955 57.2 %<br />
1975 52.7 %<br />
1989 50.8 %<br />
1997 52.3 %