Recent Trends in the Forestry Sector of Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	Bandaratillake, H.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-18T12:32:55Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-18T12:32:55Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.identifier.citation	Bandaratillake, H.M. (2005). Recent Trends in the Forestry Sector of Sri Lanka. Forest Resources Management Project of Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources, Sri Lanka.	en-US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/223
dc.description	Recent Trends in the Forestry Sector of Sri Lanka Mr H M Bandaratillake – Director, Forest Resources Management Project (2005) Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The forest cover in Sri Lanka has been continuously declining during the last several decades. The forest cover which was around 44% of the land area in 1956 had declined to 23.9% in 1992 and 22% at present. It has been widely accepted that this rate of deforestation has caused one of the main environmental and social problems in the country. Although, successive governments have taken many steps to conserve forests and to introduce laws and regulations to control deforestation, the problem was aggravating from year to year without effective solutions, mainly due to the conflicting demands placed on forest resources.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	forestry	en_US
dc.title	Recent Trends in the Forestry Sector of Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US