2022-04-23 09:24:41
FOREST REPORT 2021The major
takeaways from the Report:
i) In 2021, the total forest and tree cover in India is
80.9 million hectares, which is 24.62% of the geographical area of the country. It was 24.56% of the total geographical area as per the 2019 report.
ii) There is an increase of
2,261 sq km in the total forest and tree cover of India. Out of this, the increase in the forest cover has been observed as
1,540 sq km, and that in tree cover is 721 sq km.iii) Under the current assessment, the total carbon stock in the country’s forest is estimated
to be 7,204 million tonnes. There has been an increase of
79.4 million tonnes in the carbon stock of the country as compared to the last assessment of 2019.
Carbon stock means to the amount of carbon stored in forests in the form of biomass, soil, deadwood, and litter. More the carbon stock, the higher would be the forest’s capacity to absorb and take in carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas. An increase in green cover and carbon stock both indicates a healthy trend and shows India’s better preparedness to deal with greenhouse gas.
iv)
The total mangrove cover in the country is 4,992 sq km. An increase of 17 sq Km in mangrove cover has been observed as compared to the previous assessment of 2019.
Odisha (8 sq km) followed by Maharashtra (4 sq km) and Karnataka (3 sq km) are the top three states that have shown an increase in mangrove cover.
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Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Agriofficers choice ,Odisha, and Maharashtra.
vi) In terms of forest cover as a percentage of total geographical area, the top five States are Mizoram (84.53%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.33%), Meghalaya (76.00%), Manipur (74.34%), and Nagaland (73.90%).
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The present assessment also reveals that 17 states/UT’s have above 33% of the geographical area under forest cover
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