Focus on Bissau Investment Immigration and Bissau Economy: Guinea-Bissau has a forest area of nearly 24,600 square kilometers, including 1,730 square kilometers of dry, dense forest, 9,370 square kilometers of degraded forest, 9,260 square kilometers of tropical savanna forest, and 4,220 square kilometers of palm, mango, and wetland forest. The standing timber volume is approximately 48.3 million tons, with 17 species having commercial value, including mahogany, sandalwood, bloodwood, whitewood, and palm, making them ideal materials for construction, shipbuilding, furniture, and wood carving. The available resources for logging are about 400,000 cubic meters (417,000 cubic meters).
The forestry resources of Guinea-Bissau can be divided into the following three categories: 1. Fruit trees, such as cashew, mango, palm, and lemon, which are the most important forestry resources; 2. Firewood trees, which generally have a short growth period, are small in trunk size, and are mainly used for charcoal production or direct burning; 3. Timber for construction and industrial use, which generally has a long growth period, large trunks, and good quality wood, suitable for furniture and construction. The timber (logs) exported from Guinea-Bissau all belong to this category. In 2001, 1,540 cubic meters of logs were exported, valued at 380,000 USD, with Portugal as the export destination.
