21.71% Of Country’s Area Under Forest Cover: MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh
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 Annexure.
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.
The 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. At present there in no plan to amend the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhniyam, 1980.
Sl. No. | States/UTs | ISFR 2019 | ISFR 2021 |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 29,137 | 29,784 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 66,688 | 66,431 |
3 | Assam | 28,327 | 28,312 |
4 | Bihar | 7,306 | 7,381 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 55,611 | 55,717 |
6 | Delhi | 195 | 195 |
7 | Goa | 2,237 | 2,244 |
8 | Gujarat | 14,857 | 14,926 |
9 | Haryana | 1,602 | 1,603 |
10 | Himachal Pradesh | 15,434 | 15,443 |
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