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India State of Forest Report 2023
December 24 , 2024
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- The latest 18th biennial assessment ISFR of India’s forests by the Forest Survey of India was delayed by over a year.
- India's total forest and tree cover has increased to 25.17 per cent in 2023 from 24.62 per cent as per the latest report.
- For the first-time trees grown under agroforestry have also been covered.
- The ISFR 2023 report recorded forest cover and tree cover was 25.17 per cent.
- The total forest cover was 7,15,342.61 sq km which is 21.76 per cent of the geographical area of the country.
- With these two, total forest and tree covers are 8,27,356.95 sq km.
- The tree cover is 3.41 per cent of the geographical area of the country.
- The Top four states showing maximum increase in forest and tree cover are 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 are Mizoram (242 sq km) followed by Gujarat (180 sq km) and Odisha (152 sq km).
- Area wise top three states having the largest forest and tree cover are Madhya Pradesh (85,724 sq km) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (67,083 sq km) and Maharashtra (65,383 sq km).
- In terms of percentage of the forest cover with respect to total geographical area, Lakshadweep (91.33 percent) has the highest forest cover followed by Mizoram (85.34 percent) and Andaman & Nicobar Island (81.62 percent).
- The total mangrove cover is 4,992 sq km in the country.
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