4.2. For commercial purposes
Traded wood fuel in Pakistan comes from various sources.
Important ones are farmlands, public forests and wastelands. The
main sources of traded wood fuel supplies in the country (listed
in Table 3) are from farmlands in the Punjab and Sindh. Government
forests (irrigated forest plantations and riverain forests) are
the major suppliers of traded wood fuel in the public sector. Their
contribution in the overall wood fuel needs of the country is, however,
insignificant because of the low forest area under their control.
The HESS survey shows that 40% of sampled households in Pakistan
collect fuel wood from private lands and another 32%, from own
lands. Only 13% are collecting from state forest lands.