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This study is a survey study aimed to investigate the percentage of forests out of the total land area in Dhofar Governorate. It took approximately 10 months during which 33 sites were surveyed as representative samples of the diverse geographical nature in Dhofar. The sites were inspected and studied, then the area of all trees present within the field survey sites was calculated and compared mathematically to the land area. The study concluded that the percentage of forests in Dhofar is approximately 4.73%, which represents approximately 464,722 hectares of the total area of Dhofar, this study can be considered as a scientific contribution to understanding and monitoring the change in forest cover in Dhofar and also to evaluate the desertification in Dhofar.
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