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How dense is India's forest cover, really? To critics, new data hides more than tells
For starters, 'forest cover' is defined as 'all ... of this granular data plotted on maps, purportedly prepared by the Forest Survey of India but not released. It all has prompted environmental ...
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India's forest cover grows, but grim realities linger
since 2021 reaching 25.17 per cent of the total geographical area in 2023, which puts India's forest cover at 7,15,342. ... called for digitisation of forest maps, geo-referencing of Recorded ...
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India lost more than a million hectares of forest cover in 17 years — that’s more than four times the size of Goa
India has lost over 1.6 million hectares of forests in the last 17 years. The total forest cover loss has caused nearly 172 metric tons of carbon emission in India. The north-eastern states of ...
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Forest loss: Numbers can’t cover it
The Forest Survey of India (FSI) defines a forest as land covering at least one hectare and with a tree cover density of 10%. FSI also considers trees in less than one hectare as tree cover ...
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Goa’s forest cover down by 150 hectare in 2 years
Panaji: Over just two years from 2021 to 2023, Goa’s total forest cover came down by 1.50sqkm or 150ha, as per the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 released by the Union environment ...
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North-East lost forest cover equal to thrice Delhi’s area in last two decades
The 18th edition of the India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023) released on December 21, reported an increase in the country’s forest cover by 156.41 sq km in the last two years.
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Odisha 2nd in country for max increase in forest cover
Bhubaneswar: The India ... by Union forest minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday, revealed that Odisha is in the second spot nationally among states showing maximum increase in forest cover inside ...