. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. 20 The Gambia and Senegal THE GAMBIA land area 10,000 sq km Population (mid-1990) 0 9 million Population growth rate in 1990 2 6 pei cent Population projected to 2020 1 / million Gross national product per capita (1988) USS220 Roin forest (see mop) 49/ sq. km Closed broadleaved forest (end 1980)* 650 sq km Annual deforestation rate (1981-5)' 22 sq km Industrial roundwood productiont 21,000 cu m Industrial roundwood exportsf nd Fuelwood and charcoal productiont 901,000 (u m Processed wood productiont 1000 cu m Processed wood exportsf nd SENE
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. 20 The Gambia and Senegal THE GAMBIA land area 10,000 sq km Population (mid-1990) 0 9 million Population growth rate in 1990 2 6 pei cent Population projected to 2020 1 / million Gross national product per capita (1988) USS220 Roin forest (see mop) 49/ sq. km Closed broadleaved forest (end 1980)* 650 sq km Annual deforestation rate (1981-5)' 22 sq km Industrial roundwood productiont 21,000 cu m Industrial roundwood exportsf nd Fuelwood and charcoal productiont 901,000 (u m Processed wood productiont 1000 cu m Processed wood exportsf nd SENEGAL land area 192,530sq km Population (mid-1990) / 4 million Population growth rote in 1990 2 7 pei cent Population projected to 2020 15 2 million Gross national product per capita (1988) USS510 Rain forest (see mop) 2045 sq km Closed broadleaved forest (end 1980)' 2200 sq. km Annual deforestation rote (1981-5)' 25 sq, km Industrial roundwood productiont 605,000 cu. m Industrial roundwood exportsf nd Fuelwood and charcoal productiont 3,736,000 cu m Processed wood productiont ' 1,000 cu m Processed wood exportst nd â FA0(1988) f 1989()oloframFAO(1991i. The Gambia is a tiny semi-enclave witliin the much larger country of Senegal on the west coast of Africa. In both coun- tries very little closed forest remains and that which does still exist is rapidly being lost or modified through a combination of increased population, bushfires, desertification, uncontrolled grazing and extensive forest exploitation. The landscape is dominated by open savanna, with small islands of relict closed forests in the moister south-western and western regions. The mangroves in The Gambia are the least disturbed remaining natural forest within that country. The small size of The Gambia, the intensity of cultivation there and the expansion in both the human population and livestock, exclude the possibility of establishing any large conservation areas in the country. At present only 1 per cent of land i
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