Table 108 - Sri Lanka - Extent of Natural Forest Areas in 1992
|
Type of natural forest |
Total forest area (ha) |
% total land area |
|
Closed canopy: | ||
|
Montane |
3,108 |
0.05 |
|
Sub-montane |
68,616 |
1.04 |
|
Lowland |
141,506 |
2.14 |
|
Moist monsoon |
243,886 |
3.69 |
|
Dry monsoon |
1,090,981 |
16.49 |
|
Riverine |
22,435 |
0.34 |
|
Mangrove |
8,688 |
0.13 |
|
Sub-total |
1,579,220 |
23.88 |
|
Open canopy: | ||
|
Sparse |
464,076 |
7.01 |
|
TOTAL |
2,043,296 |
30.89 |
Source: APFSOS/WP/16
Table 109 - Sri Lanka - Extent of designated areas administrated by the FD and the DWLC
|
National designation |
Area. ha/proportion of total land area, % |
||
|
No. |
Declared |
in 1994 |
|
|
Forestry Department |
|||
|
Forest reserve |
177 |
518,199(7.8%) |
466,335(7.1%) |
|
Proposed reserve |
217 |
621,147(9.4%) |
589,388(8.9%) |
|
National Heritage |
|
|
|
|
Wilderness area |
1 |
11,187(0.2%) |
11,187(0.2%) |
|
Total |
395 |
1,150.533(17.4%) |
1,066,910(16.1%) |
|
DWLC |
|||
|
Jungle Corridor |
1 |
10,360(0.2%) |
10,360(0.2%) |
|
National Park |
12 |
462,448(7.0%) |
462,448(7.0%) |
|
Nature Reserve |
3 |
33,372(0.5%) |
33,372(0.5%) |
|
Sanctuary |
52 |
284,117(4.3%) |
284,117(4.3%) |
|
Strict Natural |
|
|
|
|
Reserve |
3 |
31,574(0.5%) |
31,574(0.5%) |
|
Total |
71 |
821,871(12.4%) |
821,871(12.4%) |
note: FD: Forestry Department
DWLC: Department of Wildlife Conservation
Source: APFSOS/WP/16
Table 109 - Sri Lanka - Numbers of species of vascular plants vertebrates and selected invertebrate groups and levels of endemism and threat.
|
Group |
No. |
Threatened Species |
No. |
Endemic species |
||
|
National criteria |
Global criteria |
National criteria |
Global criteria |
|||
|
Pteridophyte |
314 |
90(29%) |
36(11%) |
57(18%) |
30(53%) |
35(61%) |
|
Gymnosperms |
1 |
1(100%) |
0(0%) |
0(0%) |
0(0%) |
0(0%) |
|
Angiosperms |
3,368 |
487(14%) |
413(12%) |
879(26%) |
227(26%) |
399(45%) |
|
Butterflies |
>242 |
81(33%) |
3(1%) |
14(6%) |
11(79%) |
3(21%) |
|
Spiders |
>400 |
14(4%) |
0(0%) |
0(0%) |
0(0%) |
0(0%) |
|
Land molluscs |
266 |
152(57%) |
0(0%) |
201(76%) |
152(76%) |
0(0%) |
|
Freshwater fishes |
65 |
30(46%) |
19(29%) |
29(45%) |
28(97%) |
19(66%) |
|
Amphibians |
48 |
29(60%) |
()(0%) |
29(60%) |
29(100%) |
0(0%) |
|
Reptiles |
162 |
113(70%) |
9(6%) |
79(49%) |
78(99%) |
1(1%) |
|
Birds |
419 |
56(13%) |
8(2» î) |
24(6%) |
17(71%) |
6(25%) |
|
Mammals |
89 |
39(44%) |
9(10%)) |
12(13%) |
11(92%)) |
0(0%) |
Source: APFSOS/WP/16
Table 110 - Sri Lanka - Supply of rural fuel by various sources
|
Study |
Rubber wood |
Crop Residues |
Other Fuel Wood |
|
1986-1987 |
17% |
22% |
52% |
|
1983 NARESA |
18% |
29% |
53% |
|
1993 FSMP |
15% |
33% |
52% |
Source: APFSOS/WP/16
Table 111 - Sri Lanka - Est. consumption of fuelwood by the ind. commercial sub sector (1992)
|
Sub Sector |
Fuelwood Consumption (1000 tons) |
|
Tea |
455 (43.2%) |
|
Hotels and Eating Houses |
164 (15.6%) |
|
Brick and Tiles |
150 (14.2%) |
|
Coconut |
51 (4.8%) |
|
Bakeries |
99 (9%) |
|
Rubber |
72 (6.8%) |
|
Tobacco |
13 (1.2%) |
|
Others |
49 (4.7%) |
Source: APFSOS/WP/16
Table 112 - Sri Lanka - Imp. and Exp. of Medicinal Plants (in Rs. million): 1990-1993
|
Year |
Imports |
Exports |
|
1990 |
0.76 |
7.87 |
|
1991 |
0.20 |
6.29 |
|
1992 |
34.83 |
32.11 |
|
1993 |
42.31 |
101.31 |
Source: APFSOS/WP/16
Table 113 - Sri Lanka - Value of Kitul Products from wet zone Forest Areas:
|
Name of the Forests |
Average Income from Forests (Rs. Per hc. per year) |
Income from Kitul* Rs. hc. per year |
Percentage |
|
Dellawa |
13,085.00 |
9,260.00 |
70.7 |
|
Erathna-Gilimale |
17,564.00 |
15,749.00 |
69.6 |
|
Kalugala |
10,479.00 |
2,399.00 |
22.8 |
|
Bambarabotuwa |
15,675.00 |
13,741.00 |
87.6 |
|
Delwala |
20,088.60 |
17,762.50 |
88.7 |
|
Nahitiya/Madampe |
10,938.50 |
7,410.00 |
68.00 |
Source: APFSOS/WP/16
*A drink derived from the sap of Caryta urens.
Table 114 - Sri Lanka - Fuelwood consumption sources 1994.
|
Sri Lanka |
1994 |
||
|
Area |
Mass |
Energy |
|
|
CONSUMPTION |
1000 ha |
kton |
PJ |
|
total woodfuels |
|
5,681 |
85 |
|
POTENTIAL SUPPLY |
|
|
|
|
sust. Woodfuel from forest land |
1,814 |
1,923 |
29 |
|
sust. Woodfuel from agricultural areas |
4,025 |
5,273 |
79 |
|
sust. Woodfuel from other wooded lands |
411 |
239 |
4 |
|
waste woodfuels from deforestation |
-18 |
1,529 |
23 |
|
total potentially available woodfuels* |
6,232 |
8,963 |
134 |
|
50% of crop processing residues |
4,025 |
1,114 |
19 |
|
total potentially available biomass fuels |
|
10,076 |
153 |
*Area = 97% of geographical land area
Source: APFSOS/WP/34
