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June 14, 2020
India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019 | ISFR 2019 | Forest cover in India | Civils OnlinEd
The Ministry for
Environment, Forests and Climate Change has released the India State of Forest
Report (ISFR), 2019.
§ ISFR is a biennial publication of Forest
Survey of India (FSI), an organization under the Ministry of
Environment Forest & Climate Change.
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Key Points
§ Forest Cover
o Forest Cover (Area-wise):
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra.
o Forest Cover (Percentage):
1) Mizoram (85.4%) 2)
Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%) 3) Meghalaya (76.33%)
o Increase in Forest Cover
The total forest cover of the country is 7,12,249 sq. km which is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country.
The total forest cover of the country is 7,12,249 sq. km which is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country.
o The top five states to have
shown an increase in forest cover
1) Karnataka (1,025
sq. km) 2) Andhra Pradesh (990 sq. km) 3) Kerala (823 sq. km) 4) J&K (371 sq.
km) 5) Himachal Pradesh (334 sq. km).
§ In comparison to 2017
o The 2019 survey has found an increase of 5,188 sq. km in total forest
and tree cover in the country.
o Tree and forest cover together made up 24.56%
(8,07,276 sq. km) of India's area. In the last assessment, it
was 24.39%.
National Forest Policy, 1988, which envisages 33% to be under such cover.
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§ Mangrove cover in the country has increased by
54 sq km (1.10%) as compared to the previous assessment.
o Carbon Stock
The total carbon stock of the country was estimated at 7124 million tons, which is an increase of 42.6 million tons from the last assessment.
The total carbon stock of the country was estimated at 7124 million tons, which is an increase of 42.6 million tons from the last assessment.
o It implies that India is on the right track to
achieve its Paris Agreement commitment of 2.5 -3 billion carbon sinks.
§ The analysis reveals that 21.40% of the forest
cover of the country is high to extreme fire-prone. Forests in the
northeast regions and central India are the most vulnerable to fires.
Tree cover, defined as patches of trees less than 1 hectare and occurring outside the recorded
forest area
Very Dense Forest: All lands, with a forest cover with canopy density of 70% and above
Moderately Dense Forest: All lands, with a forest cover with canopy density of 40 - 70 %
Open Forest: All lands, with forest cover with canopy density of 10 to 40%
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