LAND AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY FOR FUEL WOOD PRODUCTION IN SRI LANKA B.A. JAYANANDA, ASOKA PIERIS & J. JAYASINGHE. LAND USE POLICY PLANNING DIVISION 17 TH AUGUST 2005

LAND OWNERSHIP Total Land Extent of the Country = 6,570,134 (Ha.) Land Owned by the state =5,403,899 Ha. (82.3%) Land Owned by the Private Sector =1,166,235 Ha.(17.7%)

SRI LANKA Location5.51 – 9.51 N (Lat) (Long) Total Area 65610Km2 Elevation m. Three major Climatic Zones Wet Zone 2500 – 5500 mm Annual Rainfall Intermediate Zone 1900 – 2500 mm Annual Rainfall Dry Zone Below 1900mm Annual Rainfall

LAND MANAGERS Urban Development Authority Forest Department Department of Wildlife Conservation Coast Conservation Department Land Commissioners Department Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. Land Reform Commission

LAND AVAILABILITY

Potentially Available Lands Category –1Un –utilized State owned Lands Category –11Alienated State owned Lands Category – 111Forests with Sparsely Vegetated

Category -1 UNUTILIZED STATE OWNED LANDS DISTRICTLand Extent (Ha) Colombo 53 Kalutara 591 Gampaha 78 Galle 169 Matara 55 Hambantota5927 Kurunegala2404 Puttlam 744 DISTRICTLand Extent (Ha) Kandy 1959 Matale 807 Nuwaraeliya 928 Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa 1861 Monaragala Badulla Ampara 32154

Methodology Applied Preliminary Investigation by G.N. Field Verification by LUPPD staff Detail Data Collection by LUPPD staff Mapping Include to the Data Base Regular Updating??? Cost???

General Guideline for Selecting Land for Alienation A.Exclude 1.Stream and road reservations 2.Catchments areas of tanks 3.Forest and wild life reserves 4.Land above 30% slope 5.Land above 5000 foot contour 6.Land with poor soil 7.Land with too much rock B.Include 1.Land with good soil 2.Land with water supply close by 3.Land less than 8% slope 4.Land between 8% and 30% slope for Agro-Forestry

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes) North-Western Province DistrictNo. of Major Settlement Schemes Highland Extent (Ha.) No. of Allotments Puttlam Kurunegala

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes) Uwa Province DistrictNo. of Major Settlement Schemes Highland Extent (Ha.) No. of Allotments Monaragala Badulla

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes) Central Province DistrictNo. of Major Settlement Schemes Highland Extent (Ha.) No. of Allotments Kandy Matale Nuwaraeliya

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes) North-Central Province DistrictNo. of Major Settlement Schemes Highland Extent (Ha.) No. of Allotments Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes) Sabaragamuwa Province DistrictNo. of Major Settlement Schemes Highland Extent (Ha.) No. of Allotments Ratnapura

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes) Southern Province DistrictNo. of Major Settlement Schemes Highland Extent (Ha.) No. of Allotments Hambantota

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes) North & Eastern Province DistrictNo. of Major Settlement Schemes Highland Extent (Ha.) No. of Allotments Jaffna Mullativu Trincomalee Batticaloa Mannar Ampara Vavuniya

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands DistrictTotal Spares (Ha) Total Dense (Ha.) Ampara Anuradhapura Badulla Batticaloa Colombo Galle Gampaha-362

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands DistrictTotal Spares (Ha) Total Dense (Ha.) Hambantota Jaffna Kalutara Kandy Kegalla Kilinochchi Kurunegala

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands DistrictTotal Spares (Ha) Total Dense (Ha.) Mannar Matale Matara Monaragala Mullativu Nuwaraeliya Polonnaruwa

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands DistrictTotal Spares (Ha) Total Dense (Ha.) Puttlam Ratnapura Trincomalee Vavuniya

SUMMARY CategoryTypeExtent (ha.) Comment Category -1Unused State Owned Field Verification/ Validation Category - 11Major Settlement Schemes 54215Socio Economic Survey Category Forest Dept: Sparsely Vegtd To be Comply with FMP

LAND SUITABILITY

AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF SRI LANKA THREE CLIMATIC ZONES Wet Zone Intermediate Zone Dry Zone

46 AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS WET ZONE Wet Zone Up Country 4 Regions Wet Zone Mid Country 6 Regions Wet Zone Low Country 5 Regions

Intermediate Zone Intermediate Up Country 7 Regions Intermediate Mid Country 8 Regions Intermediate Low Country 5 Regions

Dry Zone Dry Zone Low Country 11 Regions

75% Expectancy Value of Annual Rainfall(mm) Wet Zone mm Intermediate Zone mm Dry Zone mm

Land Extent Under Different Agro-Ecological Region Wet Zone Up Country ha Wet Zone Mid Country ha Wet Zone Low Country ha Intermediate Up Country ha Intermediate Mid Country ha Intermediate Low Country ha Dry Zone Low Country ha