Forestry in Pakistan
Nature Conservation
The forestry sector of Pakistan is a main source of the country's lumber, paper, fuelwood, latex, medicine as well as food and offers ecotourism and wildlife conservation. 5% of Pakistan's land is covered in forest (2024). The Shangla District is the only district of Pakistan where more than 80% of area is covered by forests.
Statistics
The percentage of Pakistan's area that is forest is disputed. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates 2.2% of the total land of Pakistan is covered by forests. On the contrary, Pakistan Forest Institute estimates it to be 5.1%. According to the survey done under the Red Plus programme in 2017, the forest cover of Pakistan is 5.7%.
According to survey under Red Plus programme, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir has the highest forest cover at 36.9%, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (20.3%), Islamabad (22.6%) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (19.5%). The World Wild Fund report that between 2000 and 2010 Pakistan has lost 43,000 hectares of land every year.
In 2017, the forest cover by district (includes private ownership) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was as below:
Abbottabad: 199,710 acres (808.2 km2)
Bannu: 35,587 acres (144.02 km2)
Battagram: 246,839 acres (998.92 km2)
Buner: 273,765 acres (1,107.89 km2)
Charsadda: 176,877 acres (715.80 km2)
Chitral: 125,677 acres (508.60 km2)
D.I.Khan: 74,525 acres (301.59 km2)
Dir Lower: 133,858 acres (541.70 km2)
Dir Upper: 641,306 acres (2,595.27 km2)
Hangu 181,645 acres (735.09 km2)
Haripur: 184,271 acres (745.72 km2)
Karak: 87,604 acres (354.52 km2)
Kohat: 70,654 acres (285.93 km2)
Kohistan: 481,064 acres (1,946.80 km2)
Lakki: 44,430 acres (179.8 km2)
Malakand: 30,479 acres (123.34 km2)
Mansehra: 536,423 acres (2,170.83 km2)
Mardan: 91,729 acres (371.21 km2)
Nowshera: 178,142 acres (720.92 km2)
Peshawar: 55,043 acres (222.75 km2)
Shangla: 180,430 acres (730.2 km2)
Swabi: 110,371 acres (446.66 km2)
Swat: 409,591 acres (1,657.56 km2)
Tank: 188,919 acres (764.53 km2)
Types
The coniferous forests occur from 1,000 to 4,000 m altitudes.
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