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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 %

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