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The Forest Department, Gilgit gives the following statistics on forest management

Table 6. Forest management in Northern Areas

Forest division	Range	No. of Blocks	No. of Compartments	Total Area
Gilgit	5	6	-	56 Sq.Km
Chilas	4	4	-	444 Sq.Km
Skardu	5	7	-	36 Sq.Km
Darel/Tangir	3	3	-	404 Sq. Km
Ghizer	3	4	-	40 Sq. Km
Ganche	1	1	-	-
Astore	5	5	-	120 Sq.Km

Table 7. Forest statistics

S .#	Category	Forest area (Sq Km)	% age
1	Private forests of Diamer	1365	4.1 %
2	Govt Protected Forests	403	0.9 %
3	Farmland forests	2312	5.4%
Total National average		4071	9.5 % 4.1 %

Table 8. Progress of leases in respect of Chilas Forest Division up to Dec 31, 200

S. #	Vol of legal timber			Vol of illegal timber
	Legal Vol. in cft	Vol transported in cu.ft	Balance Vol. in cu.ft	Reported Vol. in cu.ft	Vol transported in cu.ft	Balance vol. in cu.ft
Chilas FD	842900	228762	614138	229500	---	229500
Darel/Tangir FD	141500	--	141500	446909	--	446909
Total	984400	228762	755638	676409	--	474109

Table 9. Volume of 7% Syndicate Timber retained

S. #	Name of Forest Division	Period	7% Timber retained in cu. ft	Timber issued in cu. ft.	Balance in cu. ft
1	Chilas	1-3-99 to 31-3-02	84700	84600	100
		1-5-002 to 30-6-03	22400	21300	1100
2	Darel/Tangir	1-3-99 to 30-6-03	48660	48660	--
Total			357360	346260	11100

Source for Tables 6-9: Northern Areas Forest Department. Gilgit.

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