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SOUTH ASIA: ANNUAL FOREST LOSS BY ECOSYSTEM TYPES (1981-90)

Country Evergreen Most deciduous Dry Deciduous Hill and Mountain Very Dry Desert Total
BANGLADESH 3.6 2.1 0 0 0 0 3.3
BHUTAN 0.5 0.0 0 0.6 0 0.6 0.6
INDIA 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.4 0 0.2 0.6
MALDIVES - - - - - - -
NEPAL 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.2 0 1.1 1
PAKISTAN  0 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9
SRI LANKA 0.6 1.4 1.5 0 0 0 1.3
SOUTH ASIA 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 2.9 1 0.8

Source : SAARC Survey of Development and Cooperation (1998/99), RISNODC,New Delhi , 1999.

 
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