Forests, Grasslands and Drylands COUNTRY PROFILE - Bangladesh

Forest Area and Change		Bangladesh	Asia (excl. Middle East)	World
Total forest area, 2000 (000 ha)		1334	504180	3869455
Natural forest area, 2000 (000 ha)		709	375824	3682722
Plantations area, 2000 (000 ha)		625	110953	186733
Total dryland area, 1950-1981 (000 ha) {a}		0	1078121	5059984
Change in forest area:
	Total, 1990-2000	14 %	-1 %	-2 %
	Natural, 1990-2000	-7 %	-1 %	-4 %
	Plantations, 1990-2000	4 %	5 %	3 %
Original forest {b} as a percent of
	total land area {c}	100 %	X	48 %
Forest area in 2000 as a percent of
	total land area {c}	9 %	20 %	29 %
Forest Area by Crown Cover (000 ha), 2000
Note: Crown cover data are gathered using different methodologies than the forest
area calculated above. The two estimates may differ substantially.
Area of forest with crown cover:
	Greater than 10%	4547	920164	6537209
	Greater than 25%	2581	699058	4842071
	Greater than 50%	1471	509247	3143720
	Greater than 75%	686	336266	1945916
Ecosystem Areas by Type
Total land area		14400	2494475	13328979
Percent of total land area covered by:
	Forests	12 %	17 %	24 %
	Shrublands, savanna, and grasslands	3 %	37 %	37 %
	mosaic	73 %	34 %	20 %
	Urban and built-up areas	0.2 %	0.2 %	0.2 %
	Sparse or barren vegetation; snow and ice	0 %	10 %	16 %
	Wetlands and water bodies	11 %	2 %	3 %
Forests certified through the Forest Stewardship Council
Natural forests, 2002 (hectares)		0	145323	11457393
Plantations, 2002 (hectares)		0	61936	3324996
Mixed forests, 2002 (hectares)		0	25702	11461154
Forest Protection
Percent of forests protected:
	Tropical forest, 1990s	3.7 %	16.4 %	9 %
	Nontropical forest, 1990s	X	5.3 %	6 %
	Sparse trees and parkland, 1990s	X	7 %	5.5 %
Number of tree species threatened, 1990s		12	X	5904
Wood Production and Trade
Annual roundwood production:
	Total, 1996-1998 (000 meters3)	32505	1111958	3261621
	Fuel, 1996-1998 (000 meters3)	31894	863316	1739504
	Industrial, 1996-1998 (000 meters3)	610	268470	1522116
	(000 meters3)	9	39057	151390
	(thousand metric tons)	46	88859	313206
	(thousand metric tons)	X	36539	126404
Average value of trade in forest products {d}:
	Imports, 1996-1998 (thousand US$)	93335	37114499	142932629
	Exports, 1996-1998 (thousand US$)	5003	16434017	135313009
Forest product exports as a percent of the
	total value of all exports, 1997	X	2.1 %	2 %
Other Resources:
Country Profiles of the Food and Agriculture Organization
Footnotes:
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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