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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII DEVELOPMENT |
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Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts |
EC-FAO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (1998-2002)
Tropical forestry Budget line B7-6201/97-15/VIII/FOR
PROJECT GCP/INT/679/EC
Forest resources and plantations of the Gambia
Jato S. Sillah
Senior Forestry Officer
Department of Forestry
October 1999
Banjul, The Gambia
This report has been produced as an out put of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme (1998-2002) - Project GCP/INT/679/EC Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the EC or the FAO.
This paper has been minimally edited for clarity and style
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. Introduction
2. Forest classifications
3. Status of the Gambian forests
4. Land use shifts
4.1 Forested lands5. Degradation of forests
4.2 Woodlands
4.3 Mangroves
4.4 Fallow areas
4.5 Agriculture with trees
4.6 Agriculture with no trees
4.7 Others
5.1 Forest fires6. Forest categories
5.2 Uncontrolled usage of forest products
5.3 Increasing demand on forest products in particular fuel wood
5.4 Conversion of forest into farmland
5.5 Over-grazing of forest resources
7. Forest Management
8. Wildlife Management
9. Forest uses and related issues (Utilisation)
List of documents reviewed
