FAO Forestry country profiles - forest management

Objectives

An estimated 70 million ha were under forests in 2000, mainly in the northern part of the country. Some 24 million hectares of productive forest (or classified as such), are also found in the same area. Plantations, mostly established by the private sector under the colonial administration, cover some 140 000 hectares. There are about 8 million hectares of protected areas.