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HARVESTING AND CONSUMPTION OF FUEL AND TIMBER WOOD IN RURAL AREA OF DISTRICT TANK, PAKISTAN

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dc.contributor.author LAL BADSHAH
dc.contributor.author FARRUKH HUSSAIN
dc.contributor.author ZAMAN SHER
dc.contributor.author TANVIR BURNI
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-05T06:28:03Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-05T06:28:03Z
dc.date.issued 2014-10-23
dc.identifier.citation Badshah, L., Hussain, F. A. R. R. U. K. H., Sher, Z., & Burni, T. (2014). Harvesting and consumption of fuel and timber wood in rural area of district Tank, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 46(5), 1719-1724. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2070-3368
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15591
dc.description.abstract The study revealed that 90% of the rural people with different age group of District Tank, Pakistan depended upon firewood for catering. The total annual wood consumption for fueling by brick brewers, food sellers and domestic utilization was 18371 metric tons in this remote region. The saw machines also convert 13650 metric tons of timber wood yearly into logs and boards of various grades. The total wood consumption exceeds the quantity of wood harvested by tree fellers, farmers and wood sellers. Therefore the balance of over 13000 metric tons is sourced from neighboring forest of Tehsil Kulachi and Dera Ismail Khan. The quantity of wood removed and consumed for various purposes did not show a significant difference at α (0.05) among the six locations. However student t-test showed significant difference existed in the mean annual removal and consumption of wood in the area. The study also enumerated Acacia nilotica, Tamarix aphylla, and Sueda fruticosa as the best and preferred fuel species. While Acacia nilotica, Prosopis farcta and Dalbergia sisso as the frequently used timber species in the region. The criterion of firewood and lumber consumption was very conventional like durability in blaze and opposed to termite. Consequently, it is recommended scientific vegetation conservation strategies meant at improved burning of fuel wood and maximized used of timber products as a complimentary efforts to enforced tree planting for conservation of plant resources.. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society en_US
dc.subject Conservation en_US
dc.subject Fuel wood en_US
dc.subject Pakistan en_US
dc.subject Timber wood en_US
dc.subject Ethnobotany en_US
dc.title HARVESTING AND CONSUMPTION OF FUEL AND TIMBER WOOD IN RURAL AREA OF DISTRICT TANK, PAKISTAN en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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