Research Article
Forest Loss and Susceptible Area Prediction at Sefwi Wiawso District (SWD), Ghana
Table 15
2020 and 2024 predicted forest cover areas in hectares (ha) in the SWD.
| | Land cover | 2000 | 2010 | 2017 | 2020 | 2024 |
| | Close forest | 22060.17 | 22165.86 | 17539.32 | 17397.825 | 16661.94 | | Open forest | 2381.13 | 2100.09 | 3686.07 | 3561.57 | 4103.01 | | Farmland | 144.27 | 424.65 | 3458.01 | 3529.655 | 3669.04 | | Grassland | 70.25 | 3.52 | 6.67 | 141.27 | 165.23 | | Bareland | 43.9 | 5.6 | 9.65 | 69.4 | 100.5 |
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