India State of Forest Report

The Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released the biennial ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’ prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI). The report provides information on forest cover, tree cover, mangrove cover, growing stock, carbon stock in India’s forests, forest fire monitoring, forest cover in tiger reserve areas, above ground estimates of biomass using SAR data & climate change hotspots in Indian forests.

Major Findings

Forest and Tree Cover (FTC)

• Total FTC: The total forest and tree cover of the country is 80.9 million hectare which is 24.62 per cent of the geographical ....