What it is:
- Biennial report(since 1987) published by Forest Survey of India(FSI).
- Describes forest and tree cover ,growing stock within and outside of the forest,carbon stock.
- So far 13 such reports have been published and this one is the 14th assessment.
- Forest cover assessment is carried out using remote sensing technology.
Involved terminology:
Forest cover and Recorded Forest cover(forest area)-
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Forest
cover
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Refer to
all lands which have
-more
than 1 hectare in area and
-tree
canopy of more than 10% irrespective of land use,ownership and legal status.
-may
include orchards,bamboo,palm etc.
-plantations
on private lands,community lands,roads,canal etc(if they fulfil the condition
of forest cover)
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RFA(forest
areas)
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Refer to
all geographical areas recored as ‘forest’ in government records.
-include
Reserved forest(RF) and protected forest(PF) constituted under Indian forest
Act,1927.
-also
include any areas recorded under any state or local law.
-include
areas with tree canopy less than 10%(degraded lands,creeks in mangroves,wetlands,riverbeds,rivers,snow-covered
areas,galciars,alpine pastures,cold desert,grasslands)
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State/UT wise order:
RF(Reserved forest):M.P >Maharashtra>Andhra Pradesh
>Karnataka >C.G.
PF :>Himanchal Pradesh>M.P >C.G>Jharkhand>Rajasthan
Total RFA :M.P >Maharashtra >C.G >Odisha
>Arunanchal Pradesh
RFA as percent of geographical area(total is
23.26% of geographical area)::A & N
islands>Sikkim>Manipur>Uttarakhand>Himanchal Pradesh>Arunachal
Pradesh
Classification of forest for assessment:
- Total forest cover is 21.34% of geographical area.
- Forest cover include
State/UT wise forest cover:
---Area wise:M.P. >Arunachal pradesh>C.G.>Maharashtra >Odisha
---Geographical area wise:Mizoram>Lakshadweep>A&N islands>Arunanchal Pradesh >Nagaland
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---------> have more than 75% of forest cover as percentage of their geographical area.
---------> have more than 75% of forest cover as percentage of their geographical area.
Between 2013-15 there has been increase of 3775sq km of forest cover in country.
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