Pakistan has a total forest area of about 12 million hectares. Out of that, the total forest, scrub, and planted trees spread on 4.2 million hectares, natural and modified coniferous scrub, rive rain and mangrove forests spaced 3.5 million hectares, tall tree forests encompass 2.4 million hectares, scrub forest exist on 1.1 million hectares, and plantations occupy 0.7 million hectares. The forest area of Punjab is only less than 3% per cent whereas in Sindh it becomes even half of that. The continuous destruction of forests is causing a substantial loss. The declining rate of woody biomass is the second highest in the world. It ranges between 4-6% per year. Almost 7,000 to 9,000 hectares are deforested every year and this rate is especially severe in the north where the per capita consumption for fuel wood is 10 times higher due to the ruthless winters.
Pakistan is in a state of ‘Green Emergency.This state of emergency has negatively impacted the rural population that relies on Pakistan’s forests for their livelihoods.
Along with changes in the ecosystem, this dependency has made them extremely vulnerable to the further degradation of forests – a large number of households and workers in this region could lose their vocation, skill set and habitat.Every year, Pakistan loses almost 27,000 hectares of natural forest area.
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