{"id":10882,"date":"2024-07-22T17:18:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=10882"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:48:13","slug":"forest-cover-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/07\/22\/forest-cover-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Cover in the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun, an organization under the Ministry carries out the assessment of forest cover biennially. As per the latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR) published in 2021, the total forest cover of the country is 7,13,789 square kilometer which is 21.71% of the geographical area of the country. The State\/UTs wise details of forest cover as per ISFR, since 2019 are given in\u00a0Annexure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The tree cover increased by 721 square kilometer during 2019 to 2021. There is no loss of tree cover during 2019 and 2021. Therefore, the question of increase in emission of carbon dioxide due to loss of tree cover does not arise.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The contradictions between India State of Forest Report 2021 and Global Forest Watch data may be because of the differences in the definition of forest cover and tree cover adopted in these two reports.<\/p>\n

\u00a0At present there in no plan to amend the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhniyam, 1980.<\/p>\n

Annexure<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 132 due for answer on 22.07.2024 regarding \u2018Forest Cover in the country\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

States\/UTs wise details of change in Forest Cover from ISFR 2019 to ISFR 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sl. No.<\/strong><\/td>\nStates\/UTs<\/strong><\/td>\nISFR 2019<\/strong><\/td>\nISFR 2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAndhra Pradesh<\/td>\n29,137<\/td>\n29,784<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nArunachal Pradesh<\/td>\n66,688<\/td>\n66,431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAssam<\/td>\n28,327<\/td>\n28,312<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nBihar<\/td>\n7,306<\/td>\n7,381<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nChhattisgarh<\/td>\n55,611<\/td>\n55,717<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDelhi<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nGoa<\/td>\n2,237<\/td>\n2,244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nGujarat<\/td>\n14,857<\/td>\n14,926<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHaryana<\/td>\n1,602<\/td>\n1,603<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nHimachal Pradesh<\/td>\n15,434<\/td>\n15,443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nJammu & Kashmir<\/td>\n23,612*<\/td>\n21,387<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJharkhand<\/td>\n23,611<\/td>\n23,721<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nKarnataka<\/td>\n38,575<\/td>\n38,730<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nKerala<\/td>\n21,144<\/td>\n21,253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nMadhya Pradesh<\/td>\n77,482<\/td>\n77,493<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nMaharashtra<\/td>\n50,778<\/td>\n50,798<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nManipur<\/td>\n16,847<\/td>\n16,598<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nMeghalaya<\/td>\n17,119<\/td>\n17,046<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nMizoram<\/td>\n18,006<\/td>\n17,820<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nNagaland<\/td>\n12,486<\/td>\n12,251<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nOdisha<\/td>\n51,619<\/td>\n52,156<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nPunjab<\/td>\n1,849<\/td>\n1,847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nRajasthan<\/td>\n16,630<\/td>\n16,655<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nSikkim<\/td>\n3,342<\/td>\n3,341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nTamil Nadu<\/td>\n26,364<\/td>\n26,419<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nTelangana<\/td>\n20,582<\/td>\n21,214<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nTripura<\/td>\n7,726<\/td>\n7,722<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nUttar Pradesh<\/td>\n14,806<\/td>\n14,818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nUttarakhand<\/td>\n24,303<\/td>\n24,305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nWest Bengal<\/td>\n16,902<\/td>\n16,832<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nA&N Islands<\/td>\n6,743<\/td>\n6,744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nChandigarh<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nDadra & Nagar Haveli and<\/p>\n

Daman & Diu<\/td>\n

227<\/td>\n228<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nLadakh<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n2,272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nLakshadweep<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nPuducherry<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGrand Total<\/strong><\/td>\n7,12,249<\/strong><\/td>\n7,13,789<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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* The report of ISFR 2019 reported combined forest cover of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.<\/em><\/p>\n

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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