Today, forests are planned using an ecosystem, functional planning approach based on multidirectionaluse. According to these planning data, 42.3% of forests have economic functions, 48.5% have ecological functions, and 9.2% have socio-cultural functions.[73]
TABLE 27- DISTRIBUTION OF FORESTS ACCORDING TO THEIR MAIN FUNCTIONS
|
MAIN FUNCTIONS |
GENERAL FOREST LANS (hectare) Normal Closed Degraded Closed |
TOTAL |
% Share |
|
|
1– Economic Function |
7,178,776 |
2,517,380 |
9,696,156 |
42.3 |
|
2– Ecologic Function |
4,856,960 |
6,263,785 |
11,120,745 |
48.5 |
|
3– Sociocultural Functions |
1,228,6936 |
887,406 |
2,116,099 |
9.2 |
|
TOTAL |
13,264,429 |
9,668,571 |
22,933,000 |
100 |
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Forestry, “Forest Statistics 2020”.
