The government may take comfort in the net increase in forest and tree cover in the country, but it primarily is due to the ...

Rajasthan and Jharkhand and states which reduced their forest and tree covers are MP, Karnataka, Nagaland, Bihar and Tripura. The latest 18th biennial assessment ISFR of India’s forests by the ...

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 ...

The report indicates some positive developments in Jharkhand, with very dense forest (VDF) areas increasing by 34.3 sq km ...

Delhi's green cover increased marginally to 25% in 2023, with tree cover improving but forest cover slightly decreasing. The Forest Survey of India report, however, sparked debate due to its ...

Outside RFA, Gujarat saw the highest increase in forest cover, with a gain of 241.29 square kilometres, followed by Bihar (106.85 square kilometres), Kerala (95.19 square kilometres), Uttar Pradesh ...

The report underscores the need for robust monitoring, effective execution of plantation drives and third-party certification ...

This includes a forest cover increase of 156 km2 (60 mi2, or 0.2%) and a tree cover increase of 1,289 km2 (498 mi2, or 1.16%). But how these numbers account for plantations and forests isn’t clear.

The reports provided a detailed information about the forest cover in Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area (WGESA), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (HT PHOTO) “Very dense forest increased by 3,465.12 ...

"If what replaces a forest after it is cut down is also termed a 'forest', can there ever be forest loss?" Over 25 percent of India's total land area has forest and tree cover, according to the ...

India’s forest and tree cover has reached a quarter of the country’s total geographical area, according to the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023, released by the Government of India on ...