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 5.51 – 9.51 N (Lat)79.4 - 81.51 (Long)

Total Area 65610Km2

Elevation 0 - 1600m.

Three major Climatic ZonesWet Zone 2500 – 5500 mm Annual RainfallIntermediate Zone 1900 – 2500 mm Annual RainfallDry 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 LandsCategory –11 Alienated State owned LandsCategory – 111 Forests with Sparsely Vegetated

Category -1 UNUTILIZED STATE OWNED

LANDS DISTRICT Land Extent

(Ha)Colombo 53Kalutara 591Gampaha 78 Galle 169Matara 55Hambantota 5927Kurunegala 2404Puttlam 744

DISTRICT Land Extent (Ha)Kandy 1959Matale 807Nuwaraeliya 928Anuradhapura 19040Polonnaruwa 1861Monaragala 22431Badulla 20410Ampara 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.Exclude1. Stream and road reservations2. Catchments areas of tanks3. Forest and wild life reserves4. Land above 30% slope5. Land above 5000 foot contour6. Land with poor soil 7. Land with too much rockB.Include1. Land with good soil2. Land with water supply close by3. Land less than 8% slope4. Land between 8% and 30% slope for Agro-Forestry

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)

North-Western Province

District No. of Major

Settlement Schemes

Highland

Extent (Ha.)

No. of

Allotments

Puttlam 10 3125 2331

Kurunegala 09 3265 6086

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)

Uwa Province

District No. of Major

Settlement Schemes

Highland

Extent (Ha.)

No. of

Allotments

Monaragala 08 1975 2355

Badulla 10 2050 4236

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)

Central Province

District No. of Major

Settlement Schemes

Highland

Extent (Ha.)

No. of

Allotments

Kandy 02 1398 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

Highland

Extent (Ha.)

No. of

Allotments

Anuradhapura 08 5796 15731

Polonnaruwa 08 11780 14687

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)

Sabaragamuwa Province

District No. of Major

Settlement Schemes

Highland

Extent (Ha.)

No. of

Allotments

Ratnapura 02 153 552

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)

Southern Province

District No. of Major

Settlement Schemes

Highland

Extent (Ha.)

No. of

Allotments

Hambantota 03 376 1626

Category -11 Alienated State Owned Lands (Major Settlement Schemes)

North & Eastern ProvinceDistrict No. of Major

Settlement Schemes

Highland

Extent (Ha.)

No. of

Allotments

Jaffna 14 1268 3056

Mullativu 08 4283 4783

Trincomalee 07 2159 7328

Batticaloa 07 3044 1916

Mannar 02 312 386

Ampara 01 4776 10816

Vavuniya 02 762 1130

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands

District Total Spares (Ha)

Total Dense (Ha.)

Ampara 40966 123163

Anuradhapura 99525 164877

Badulla 26645 22753

Batticaloa 17766 34967

Colombo 487 1359

Galle 1584 18953

Gampaha - 362

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands

District Total Spares (Ha)

Total Dense (Ha.)

Hambantota 59630 23197

Jaffna 317 1037

Kalutara 4575 14021

Kandy 7146 27177

Kegalla 1096 13734

Kilinochchi 5026 32573

Kurunegala 11973 7525

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands

District Total Spares (Ha)

Total Dense (Ha.)

Mannar 16797 106942

Matale 13461 56525

Matara 1773 18468

Monaragala 57579 152628

Mullativu 20152 149150

Nuwaraeliya 4620 35084

Polonnaruwa 21333 114341

Category -111 Sparsely Vegetated Forest Lands

District Total Spares (Ha)

Total Dense (Ha.)

Puttlam 17545 69082

Ratnapura 11562 58926

Trincomalee 14446 112299

Vavuniya 15568 101481

SUMMARY

Category Type Extent (ha.)

Comment

Category -1 Unused State Owned

114093 Field Verification/

Validation

Category - 11 Major Settlement Schemes

54215 Socio Economic Survey

Category - 111

Forest Dept:

Sparsely Vegtd.

471593 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 - 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

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AGRO - ECOLOGICAL REGIONS IN SRI LANKA