Forest area increases by over 9,000 hectares in 2019 against 2018
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
In 2019, the area of forests stood at 6,427,340 hectares, up 9,127 hectares compared to the previous year, according to a release published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Friday.At the end of 2019, the area of the national forest fund was 6,592,230 hectares, increasing by 9,165 hectares compared to 2018. This growth is mainly due to re-planning of wooded pastures and the insertion of degraded and unfrosted lands in the forest fund, established by ...