OBEN GAS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Chapter Three Description of Environment
f. Changes in legal restrictions leading to increased lumbering in hitherto forest reserve.
The details of land use pattern and distribution affecting vegetation changes are shown in the land use
map (Fig3.2), Table 3.5 and graphical presentations below (Fig. 3.1a and 3.1b).
Figure 3.1a: Percentage distribution of land use in Oben Field Area
Percentage Distribution of Land Use
Pattern
51%
3%
0%
5%
41%
Fig 3.1b: Land use Percentage distribution in Oben Field Area
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140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
0.4 1.16
41
118.62
14.73
5.09
50.26
145.41
3-6
9.38
3.24
Water Forest I Forest II Farmland Urban/bare
soil
Water
Forest I
Forest II
Farmland
Urban/bare soil
Area %
Area km2