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Table 12.2
Current land use in Pakistan based on satellite imagery interpretation (000 ha)
Forest cover/land
use class
Northern
areas
Ajk
Balochistan
NWFP
Punjab
Sindh
Total
Forest/trees
Conifer
16
42
660
940
30
1;913
Scrub
1
504
539
132
1;191
Riverain
20
13
27
112
173
Mangrove
2
205
207
Irrig. plantation
7
1
79
23
103
Farmland trees
23
6
70
306
54
466
Linear planting
10
2
14
16
Misc. planting
241
120
20
5
155
Total
275
592
666
1;684
608
399
4;22
Agriculture
Irrigated
6
1;177
44
993
10;743
5;705
18;668
Rainfed
36
3
4
553
1;316
1;912
Total
42
1;180
48
1;546
12;059
5;705
20;580
Rangelands
Degraded
731
11;674
896
4;106
4; 466
2;809
24;682
Non-degraded
892
519
1;293
68
2;772
79
705
269
1;053
Alpine
Total
810
12;566
1;601
4;894
5;759
2;877
28;507
Barren land
Snow/glacier
27
27
Rock, gravel
17;516
138
337
523
18;514
Desertic
2;802
1;324
3;759
7;885
Tidal flats
54
413
467
Total
20;372
27
138
1;661
4;695
26;893
Water bodies
Riverbed
48
400
155
603
Lake
5
1
1
1
41
49
Dam, reservoir
19
1
15
49
54
138
Swamp
27
96
123
Total
19
6
1
64
477
346
913
Urban
3
4
62
69
138
Unclassified
Above 3,650 m
184
3;161
1;792
5;137
Below 3,650 m
1;536
52
1;588
Total
184
4;697
1;844
6;725
All land classes
1;330
34;719
7;040
10;174
20;626
14;091
87;980
Source: Forestry Sector Master Plan (1992)
The tenure distribution of farms of various sizes is shown in Table
12.4
.Most
of the small farms are cultivated by owners except in Sindh where tenants seem
to dominate. Part owner and part tenant cultivation is quite common in Punjab and
NWFP, particularly on farms of medium sizes. Over 68 % of the large farms (20 ha)
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