Transcript AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF SRI LANKA

LAND AVAILABILITY
AND
SUITABILITY
FOR
FUEL WOOD PRODUCTION
IN
SRI LANKA
B.A. JAYANANDA, ASOKA PIERIS & J. JAYASINGHE.
LAND USE POLICY PLANNING DIVISION
17TH 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
Location
Total Area
Elevation
5.51 – 9.51 N (Lat)
79.4 - 81.51 (Long)
65610Km2
0 - 1600m.
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
LAND AVAILABILITY
Potentially Available Lands
Category –1 Un –utilized State owned
Lands
Category –11 Alienated State owned
Lands
Category – 111
Forests with
Sparsely Vegetated
Category -1
UNUTILIZED STATE OWNED
LANDS
DISTRICT
(Ha)
Colombo
Kalutara
Gampaha
Galle
Matara
Hambantota
Kurunegala
Puttlam
Land Extent
53
591
78
169
55
5927
2404
744
DISTRICT
Land Extent
(Ha)
Kandy
1959
Matale
807
Nuwaraeliya
928
Anuradhapura
19040
Polonnaruwa
1861
Monaragala
22431
Badulla
20410
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
District
Puttlam
Kurunegala
No. of Major Highland
Settlement Extent (Ha.)
Schemes
10
3125
09
3265
No. of
Allotments
2331
6086
Category -11 Alienated State Owned
Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)
Uwa Province
District
Monaragala
Badulla
No. of Major Highland
Settlement Extent (Ha.)
Schemes
08
1975
10
2050
No. of
Allotments
2355
4236
Category -11 Alienated State Owned
Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)
Central Province
District
Kandy
No. of Major Highland
Settlement Extent (Ha.)
Schemes
02
1398
No. of
Allotments
1982
Matale
04
2060
3586
Nuwaraeliya
01
61
152
Category -11 Alienated State Owned
Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)
North-Central Province
District
No. of
Major
Settlement
Schemes
Anuradhapura
08
Polonnaruwa
08
Highland
Extent (Ha.)
No. of
Allotments
5796
15731
11780
14687
Category -11 Alienated State Owned
Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)
Sabaragamuwa Province
District
Ratnapura
No. of
Major
Settlement
Schemes
02
Highland
Extent (Ha.)
No. of
Allotments
153
552
Category -11 Alienated State Owned
Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)
Southern Province
District
Hambantota
No. of
Major
Settlement
Schemes
03
Highland
Extent (Ha.)
No. of
Allotments
376
1626
Category -11 Alienated State Owned
Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)
North & Eastern Province
District
Jaffna
Mullativu
Trincomalee
Batticaloa
Mannar
Ampara
Vavuniya
No. of Major
Settlement
Schemes
Highland
Extent (Ha.)
No. of
Allotments
14
08
07
07
02
01
02
1268
4283
2159
3044
312
4776
762
3056
4783
7328
1916
386
10816
1130
Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated
Forest Lands
District
Ampara
Anuradhapura
Badulla
Batticaloa
Colombo
Galle
Gampaha
Total Spares
(Ha)
Total Dense
(Ha.)
40966
99525
26645
17766
487
1584
-
123163
164877
22753
34967
1359
18953
362
Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated
Forest Lands
District
Hambantota
Jaffna
Kalutara
Kandy
Kegalla
Kilinochchi
Kurunegala
Total Spares
(Ha)
Total Dense
(Ha.)
59630
317
4575
7146
1096
5026
11973
23197
1037
14021
27177
13734
32573
7525
Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated
Forest Lands
District
Mannar
Matale
Matara
Monaragala
Mullativu
Nuwaraeliya
Polonnaruwa
Total Spares
(Ha)
Total Dense
(Ha.)
16797
13461
1773
57579
20152
4620
21333
106942
56525
18468
152628
149150
35084
114341
Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated
Forest Lands
District
Puttlam
Ratnapura
Trincomalee
Vavuniya
Total Spares
(Ha)
Total Dense
(Ha.)
17545
11562
14446
15568
69082
58926
112299
101481
SUMMARY
Category
Type
Category -1
Unused State
Owned
Extent
(ha.)
Comment
Category - 11 Major Settlement
Schemes
114093 Field Verification/
Validation
54215 Socio Economic
Survey
Category 111
471593 To be Comply
with FMP
Forest Dept:
Sparsely Vegtd.
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
- 1700-3300mm
Intermediate Zone - 1100-2400mm
Dry Zone
- 650-1100mm
Land Extent Under Different Agro-Ecological
Region
Wet Zone Up Country - 139807 ha
Wet Zone Mid Country - 315534 ha
Wet Zone Low Country - 818733 ha
Intermediate Up Country - 157162 ha
Intermediate Mid Country - 342395 ha
Intermediate Low Country - 1004431 ha
Dry Zone Low Country - 3562616 ha
AGRO - ECOLOGICAL REGIONS IN SRI LANKA
DL3 &D L4
LEGEND
DL1A
DL1B
DL1C
DL1D
DL1E
DL1F
DL2&DL4
DL27DL4
DL2A
DL2B
DL3
DL3&DL4
DL4
DL5
IL1A
IL1B
IL1C
IL2
IL3
IM1A
IM1B
IM1C
IM2A
IM2B
IM3A
IM3B
IM3C
IU1
IU2
IU3A
IU3B
IU3C
IU3D
IU3E
WL1A
WL1B
WL2A
WL2B
WL3
WM1A
WM1B
WM2A
WM2B
WM3A
WM3B
WU1
WU2A
WU2B
WU3
DL4
DL1 D
DL1 E
DL3
DL1 F
DL2 &D L4
DL1 B
DL1 C
DL2 B
IL3
IM3 B
IM1 B
W M 3B
IL1A
IM3 A IU1
W M 3A
IL2
W L2 B
IM3 C
W M 2B
DL2 A
IM1 C
W M 2A
W L3
IU2
IM1 A
W M 1A
IU3D
IL1C
IU3C
W U3 IU3E
W U2 B
IU3B IU3A
W U2 A
W U1
IL1C
W L1 B
W L1 A
IM2 B
DL1 A
IM2 A
DL5
W L2 A
W M 1B
IL1B