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Annex B: Forest Sector Statistics

Forest land distribution

description

area (ha)

% of forest land

% of

Morocco

productive forest land

3 107 500

36

 

natural forests

2 577 500

--

 

plantations

530 000

--

 

non-productive forest land

1 894 800

21

 

legally protected areas

422 750

4

 

fallow forest land

378 950

4

 

shrubland

3 186 000

35

 

total national forests (forests, alfatière plantations)

9 000 000

100%

 

cultivated and arable land

7 438 000

 

10.4

other land: rangeland, desert, mountains, etc.

55 345 030

 

77.4

       

Forest species distribution

Deciduous

species

area (ha)

%

Q. (chêne liège)

350 000

7

Q. (chêne à feuilles cadauques)

126 000

3

Q. (chêne vert)

1 360 000

29

Arganier spinozo (aganier)

830 000

17

Acacia spp. (acacias sahariens)

1 128 000

24

secondary species

958 000

20

total deciduous

4 752 000

82%

Coniferous (resinous)

C. (cèdre de l'Atlas)

132 000

12

Pinus spp. (pin maratime et d'Alpen)

80 000

8

Thuja (thuya de Berberie)

600 000

58

other (genévriers, thurifère, Cyprès, Sapin)

240 000

22

 

16 000

2

total coniferous

1 062 000

18%

Forest Product Annual Yields

specie

yield

m3/ha/an

m3/an

Cèdre (132 000 ha)

.4

52,000

Pin d'Alpen naturel

.67

50,000

Pin maritime naturel

.35

Thuya (600,000 ha)

.45

270 000

Chêne vert (1 360 000 ha)

1.2

1 632 000

Chêne liège (350 000 ha)

.3

105 000

Eucalyptus

4.5 (zone Cellulose)

549 000

2.5 (hors zone Cellulose)

150 000

Pins de plantations

1

200 000

Liège

80 kg/ha/an

20,000 tonnes

Ecorce à tan de l'Accacia mearnsii

.3 tonnes/ha/an

1 800 tonnes

 

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