INDIA STATE OF FOREST Report 2023
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India State of Forest Report 2023 is a comprehensive analysis of the forest cover and biodiversity across different states in India. The report provides detailed insights into the current state of forests, key challenges, and conservation efforts. It also highlights trends, threats, and opportunities for sustainable forest management.

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Introduction of Report

⇎ The ISFR is brought out by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) on a biennial basis since 1987.

⇎ FSI carries out in-depth assessment of the forest and tree resources of the country based on interpretation of Remote Sensing satellite data and field based National Forest Inventory (NFI), and the results are published in the ISFR.

⇎ The India State of Forest Report 2023 is 18th such report in the series.

Importance of IFSR Report

⇎ The report contains information on forest cover, tree cover, mangrove cover, growing stock, carbon stock in India’s forests, instances of forest fire, Agroforestry, etc.

⇎ To present a detailed picture of the forest health at country level, special thematic information on forest cover and important characteristics of forests have been reported in the ISFR.

⇎ Besides providing vital information for monitoring the country’s forest and tree resources, the data given in the ISFR serves as a useful source of information for the policy makers, planners, State Forest Departments, research organisation, line agencies involved in various developmental works, academicians, civil society and others interested in natural resource conservation and management.

Forest and Tree cover Statues

Forest and Tree cover

⇎ The Forest and Tree cover of the country is 8,27,357 sq km which is 25.17 percent of the geographical area of the country, consisting of 7,15,343 sq km (21.76%) as forest cover and 1,12,014 sq km (3.41%) as tree cover.

⇎ As compared to assessment of 2021, there is an increase of 1445 sq km in the forest and tree cover of the country which includes 156 sq km increase in the forest cover and 1289 sq km increase in tree cover.

Top four states with maximum increase in forest and tree cover

⇎ Chhattisgarh (684 sq km) followed by Uttar Pradesh (559 sq km), Odisha (559 sq km) and Rajasthan (394 sq km).

Top three states showing maximum increase in forest cover

⇎ Mizoram (242 sq km) followed by Gujarat (180 sq km) and Odisha (152 sq km).

Area wise top three states having largest forest and tree cover

⇎ Madhya Pradesh (85,724 sq km) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (67,083 sq km) and Maharashtra (65,383 sq km).

Area wise top three states having largest forest cover

⇎ Madhya Pradesh (77,073 sq km) , Arunachal Pradesh (65,882 sq km) and Chhattisgarh (55,812 sq km).

top three states percentage wise forest cover with respect to total geographical area

⇎ Lakshadweep (91.33 percent), Mizoram (85.34 percent) and Andaman & Nicobar Island (81.62 percent).

⇎ The present assessment also reveals that 19 states/UTs have above 33 percent of the geographical area under forest cover

Other Important Facts

⇎ Total mangrove cover is 4,992 sq km in the country.

⇎ Growing stock of India’s forest and trees outside forests is estimated as 6430 million.

⇎ Bamboo bearing area- 1,54,670 sq km (increase of 5,227 sq km)

⇎ Total carbon stock - 7,285.5 million tonnes. ( increase of 81.5 million tonnes)

India’s carbon stock has reached 30.43 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent; which indicates that as compared to the base year of 2005, India has already reached 2.29 billion tonnes of additional carbon sink as against the target of 2.5 to 3.0 billion tonnes by 2030.

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