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Table
06 (Land ) |
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Natural
Forest Area by District ( 1994 ) |
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Lan06e |
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(ha.) |
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District |
Montane Forest |
Sub - Montane
Forest |
Lowland Rain
Forest |
Moist Monsoon
Forest |
Dry Monsoon
Forest |
Riverine Dry
Forest |
Mangrove |
Spare Forest |
Grand Total |
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Ampara |
- |
- |
- |
45,190 |
69,265 |
10,160 |
292 |
41,760 |
166,667 |
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Anuradhapura |
- |
- |
- |
- |
180,083 |
- |
- |
116,693 |
296,776
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Badulla |
93 |
3,888 |
1,577 |
17,517 |
3,353 |
- |
- |
27,843 |
54,271
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Baticaloa |
- |
- |
- |
13,302 |
21,770 |
- |
1,421 |
16,325 |
52,818
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Colombo |
- |
- |
1,832 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
36 |
1,868
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Galle |
- |
- |
18,903 |
- |
- |
- |
187 |
1,699 |
20,789
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Gampaha |
- |
- |
273 |
14 |
- |
- |
122 |
20 |
429
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Hanbanthota |
- |
- |
220 |
739 |
19,169 |
3,710 |
539 |
55,077 |
79,454
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Jaffna |
- |
- |
- |
- |
822 |
- |
260 |
298 |
1,380
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Kaluthara |
- |
- |
20,240 |
- |
- |
- |
70 |
1,266 |
21,576
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Kandy |
935 |
8,504 |
14,258 |
3,545 |
- |
- |
- |
5,980 |
33,222
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Kegalle |
- |
3,655 |
11,791 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
492 |
15,938
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Kilinochchi |
- |
- |
- |
- |
32,374 |
- |
312 |
6,042 |
38,728
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Kurunegala |
- |
- |
- |
1,827 |
8,153 |
- |
- |
14,766 |
24,746
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Mannar |
- |
- |
- |
- |
111,389 |
795 |
1,261 |
11,762 |
125,207
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Matale |
89 |
5,314 |
12,831 |
41,337 |
15,237 |
- |
- |
9,207 |
84,015
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Matara |
- |
519 |
16,686 |
2,174 |
516 |
- |
6 |
2,076 |
21,977
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Monaragala |
- |
65 |
768 |
63,558 |
113,627 |
4,584 |
- |
52,569 |
235,171
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Mullativu |
- |
- |
- |
- |
153,769 |
- |
463 |
17,987 |
172,219
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Nuwara-Eliya |
1,943 |
31,078 |
3,977 |
2,649 |
- |
- |
- |
3,273 |
42,920
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Polonnaruwa |
- |
- |
- |
47,266 |
68,093 |
523 |
- |
22,949 |
138,831
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Puttalam |
- |
- |
- |
- |
79,452 |
814 |
2,264 |
17,104 |
99,634
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Ratnapura |
48 |
15,816 |
38,194 |
4,755 |
3,545 |
- |
- |
4,491 |
66,849
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Trincomalee |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
110,491 |
1,826 |
1,491 |
17,629 |
131,441
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Vavuniya |
- |
- |
- |
- |
103,182 |
- |
- |
16,503 |
119,685
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Total |
3,108
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68,839
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141,550
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243,877
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1,094,290
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22,412
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8,688
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463,847
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2,046,611
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% of the Total Land Area |
0.05 |
1.04 |
2.14 |
3.68 |
16.54 |
0.34 |
0.13 |
7.01 |
30.93 |
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©
2004, KRI (Kusaka Research
Institute) |
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Source: |
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Statistical
Compendium on Natural Resources Management Sri Lanka 2000, |
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Ministry of Forestry &
Environment |
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Revised: 2004(y)/03(m)/27(d) |
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Chief Editor: |
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Dr. Milton
Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) |
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The
former Head, Department of Management Studies |
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University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. |
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