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Participatory forestry - are we ready for it? by Ananda Weerasinghe The total area covered by natural forest canopy estimated in 1956 was
found to be 2.87 million hectares which corresponded to about 44% of the
Island's total land area. The 1983 estimate put this figure at 1.76
million hectares or 26.6% of land area. In 1992 the estimate based on
satellite imagery showed that the forest cover stood at approximately 1.33
million hectares or 20.2% of land area (Wickremaratne, 1993). The rate of
deforestation was 42,000 ha per year from 1956 to 1983 and 54,000 ha per
year from then on. Other Stories
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