African Unification Front
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AUF FORESTRY POLICY
The AUF will promote and is seeking to establish a massive re-forestation program, to recover forest lands that have been destroyed, and to institute a responsible forest management program across the entire African Union.
Moreover, the AUF will put to a stop the logging of old growth forest, and declare protected zones around forests habitats that are important for the survival of diversity in the African ecosystem. Because states tend to exploit their forests without regard for the forests in other states, entire regions lack a coherent forest program, and yet the effects of deforestation in one state impacts on neighbouring states, causing drought or extinction of migratory animals. The AUF will implement a coherent continent wide forest management plan.
Forest Area As A Percentage of Total Land - African Union
(In brackets - thousands of hectares)
Algeria 0.8 [ 1861 ]
Angola 17.8
Benin 41.8
Botswana 24.6
Burkina Faso 15.6
Burundi 12.3
Cameroon 42.1
Cape Verde 11.7
Central African Republic 48.0
Chad 8.8
Comoros 4.0
Congo 57.2
Congo, Democratic Republic 48.2
Ivory Cost 17.2
Djibouti 0.9
Egypt n.s.
Equatorial Guinea 63.5
Eritrea 2.8
Ethiopia 13.6
Gabon 69.3
Gambia 9.1
Ghana 39.7
Guinea 25.9
Guinea-Bissau 82.1
Kenya 2.3
Lesotho 0.2
Liberia 46.8
Libya 0.2
Madagascar 26.0
Malawi 35.5
Mali 9.5
Mauritania 0.5
Mauritius 5.9
Morocco 8.6
Mozambique 21.5
Namibia 15.0
Niger 2.0
Nigeria 15.1
Reunion 35.6
Rwanda 10.1
Saint Helena 3.2
Sao Tome and Principe 58.3
Senegal 38.3
Seychelles 8.9
Sierra Leone 18.3
Somalia 1.2
South Africa 7.0
Sudan 17.5
Swaziland 8.5
Tanzania 36.8
Togo 22.9
Tunisia 3.6
Uganda 30.6
Zambia 42.2
Zimbabwe 22.5
(FAO 1999, 125-30)
Total forest area, 1995 (thousands of hectares)
Algeria 1861
Angola 22200
Benin 4625
Botswana 13917
Burkina Faso 4271
Burundi 317
Cameroon 19598
Cape Verde 47
Central African Republic 29930
Chad 11025
Comoros 9
Congo 19537
Congo, Democratic Republic Of 109245
Ivory Cost 5469
Djibouti 22
Egypt 34
Equatorial Guinea 1781
Eritrea 282
Ethiopia 13579
Gabon 17859
Gambia 91
Ghana 9022
Guinea 6367
Guinea-Bissau 2309
Kenya 1292
Lesotoho 6
Liberia 4507
Libya 400
Madagascar 15106
Malawi 3339
Mali 11585
Mauritania 556
Mauritius 12
Morocco 3835
Mozambique 16862
Namibia 12374
Niger 2562
Nigeria 13780
Reunion 89
Rwanda 250
Saint Helena 1
Sao Tome and Principe 56
Senegal 7381
Seychelles 4
Sierra Leone 1309
Somalia 754
South Africa 8499
Sudan 41613
Swaziland 146
Tanzania 32510
Togo 1245
Tunisia 555
Uganda 6104
Zambia 31398
Zimbabwe 8710
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