| RECORDED SALE OF FOREST PRODUCTS, 2006-2010 |
| 000 Ha |
| Forest Product |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010* |
| Timber-'000 true cu. Metres- |
|
|
|
|
| Soft Wood |
448.2 |
423.4 |
503.7 |
347.0 |
401.2 |
| Hard wood |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
12.7 |
19.3 |
| TOTAL |
448.2 |
423.4 |
503.7 |
359.7 |
420.5 |
| '000 stacked cu. Metres- |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fuelwood/Charcoal |
44.0 |
27.7 |
28.8 |
0.9 |
60.3 |
| Power & Telegraph poles |
9.5 |
18.5 |
52.0 |
12.2 |
6.4 |
| * Provisional |
| Source: Kenya Forest Service |
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| STATUS OF FOREST IN KENYA 2006-2010 |
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|
|
| Category of forest cover type |
000 Ha |
| |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010* |
| Indigenous closed canopy |
1,160 |
1,155 |
1,150 |
1,155 |
1,140 |
| Mangroves |
80 |
80 |
80 |
80 |
80 |
| Public plantation forests |
110.5 |
112.3 |
114 |
107 |
111.8 |
| Private plantation forests |
84 |
86 |
88 |
89 |
90 |
| Sub-total closed canopy forests |
1,435 |
1,433 |
1,432 |
1,431 |
1,422 |
| Open woodlands |
2,070 |
2,065 |
2,060 |
2058 |
2055 |
| Sub-total of forest areas |
3,505 |
3,498 |
3,492 |
3,489 |
3,477 |
| Bush-land |
24,505 |
24,440 |
24,375 |
24,343 |
24,310 |
| Grasslands |
10,215 |
10,080 |
9,945 |
10,148 |
10,350 |
| Trees on farmlands |
10,333 |
10,346 |
10,359 |
10,372 |
10,385 |
| * Provisional |
| Source: Kenya Forest Service |
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