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Forests, Grasslands, and Drylands-- Sri Lanka
Forest Area and Change Sri Lanka
Asia (excl.
Middle East) World
Total forest area, 2000 (000 ha) 1,940 504,180 3,869,455
a. Areas are presented as long-term average covering the years from 1950 to 1981.
b. Original forest refers to estimated forest cover about 8,000 years ago assuming current climatic conditions.
c. "Forest area in 2000 as a percent of total land area" and "Original forest as a percent of total land area" are not directly comparable; data are from two different sources.
d. Includes trade in industrial roundwood, wood fuel, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, paper and paperboard, recovered paper, chips, particles, & wood residues.
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F u e l w o o d
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P a p e r a n d P a p e r b o a r d ,
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fuelwood industrial roundwood Paper and Paperboard