Lina Kharma*(1) Ghassan Yaqoub(1) and Walaa Adra(2)
(1). Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.
(2). Department of Forestry and Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.
(* Corresponding author: Eng. Lina Khalil Khrma. E-mail: linorkh23@gmail.com).
Received: 16/06/2019 Accepted: 02/08/2019
Abstract
This research aimed to highlight on the forest waste and showing its economic importance. This research was carried out in Latakia governorate and the data werecollected during the period 2009-2018. The descriptive and statistical analysis were used in evaluation and monitoring according to the percentage method in addition to the statistical program SPSS. The study showed that the highest quantity of forest waste was in 2010 at a rate of 10249 tons of industrial wood, 28.6% and 208.5 tons at 22.6% and coal at a rate of 3.200 tons and 99.6% and the quantity of these wastes was in 2012 of 667 tons of industrial wood by 1.9%. The highest percentage of financial revenues outcoming from the sale of forest waste in 2017 was 31.1% at a rate of 108 million Syrian pounds. The lowest revenue in 2013 was 2.9% at a rate of 10 million Syrian pounds. The cost of producing one ton of forest waste in 2018 was 43 thousand Syrian pounds and the income rate from of forest waste per hectare in 2018 was about 20881 Syrian pounds.
Keywords: Forest waste, Charcoal, Coal, Industrial wood, Economic study.
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