Forests
Forests
Forests
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FOREST RESOURCES<br />
The latter type (also called ‘high forest’) is divided into<br />
lowland rainforest in the sout h and mixed deciduous<br />
forest to the north. These forest types, cover only about<br />
2% of the total land area.<br />
Nigeria currently has less than 10% of her total land area<br />
under constituted Forest Reser ves.<br />
Undisturbed forest covers only 12,114 km 2 , that is about<br />
1.3% of the Country’s total land area.<br />
The yield from the forest estates has been projected to be<br />
8,273 m 3 in year 2000 and this figure is expected to<br />
decline with time
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