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    The State of Forest Report 2017 was released in February 2018 by the Forest Survey of India and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It found that India's total forest and tree cover is 24.39% of India's total geographic area. Specifically, forest cover accounts for 21.54% and tree cover outside forests is 2.85%. There was an increase of 6778 square kilometers in forest cover nationally compared to the previous assessment. The report also provides details on forest canopy density categories and rankings of states.

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    The State of Forest Report 2017 was released in February 2018 by the Forest Survey of India and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It found that India's total forest and tree cover is 24.39% of India's total geographic area. Specifically, forest cover accounts for 21.54% and tree cover outside forests is 2.85%. There was an increase of 6778 square kilometers in forest cover nationally compared to the previous assessment. The report also provides details on forest canopy density categories and rankings of states.

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    State Of Forest Report 2017

    Released In February 2018

    The forest cover has been classified according to the tree canopy density:

    •Very dense forest: All lands with tree canopy density of 70% and above.
    •Moderately dense forest: All lands with canopy density of 40% and more and less
    than 70%.
    •Open Forest: All lands with tree canopy density of 10% and more but less than
    40%. More than 1 hectare area
    •Scrub: Degraded forests land with canopy density less than 10%. 8th in terms of
    yearly forest gain
    •Non forests: The land which is not included in any of the above classes.
    • Prepared by- The Forest Survey of India (FSI) ; conducted
    once in 2 years
    • Released by-The Ministry of Environment, Forest and
    climate change
    • Total forest and tree cover in India is 24.39 per cent of the
    geographical area of the country.
    • Tree cover is 93,815 sq.km (about 2.85% of the total Geo
    Area)
    • India’s total forest cover is 708,273 sq.km (about 21.54%
    of India’s total Geographical Area)
    • India- 10th in the world w.r.t forest cover
    • There has been an increase of 6778 sq km or 0.94% in
    forest covers at the national level
    • Very dense forest: 2.99% of the total
    geographical area.
    • Moderately dense forest: 9.38% of the total
    geographical area.
    • Open Forest: 9.18% of total geographical area.

    North East Forest Cover:


    It comprises of 8 states and is one of the 18
    biodiversity hotspots of the world. The region
    with just 7.98% of the total geographical area of
    the country accounts for one fourth of the forest
    cover.
    • the mangrove cover in the country is 4921 sq km which is 0.15% of the total geographical
    area of the country
    • The only category that has registered a decline in the latest assessment is the Moderate
    Dense Forest.
    • The latest ISFR report includes information about
    water bodies in forests, a new feature.
    • Rank 1 in Forest Cover- Madhya Pradesh
    • Rank 1 in forest cover as a % of GA of the state-
    Lakshadweep
    • Rank 1 in increase In forest cover- Andhra Pradesh
    • The total mangrove cover stands at 4,921 sq km
    and has shown an increase of 181 sq km from 2015
    to 2017.

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