INDIA STATE OF FOREST REPORT 2019
ABOUT FOREST SURVEY OF INDIA:
- Forest Survey of India (FSI) is an organisation under the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.
- First established as an organization called Pre- Investment Survey of Forest Resources(PISFR) in 1965.
- Its principal mandate is to conduct a survey and assessment of forest resources in the country.
ABOUT THE REPORT 2019:
- The India State of Forest Report 2019 has been prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI).
- The report is a biennial exercise, that is, it is released once in 2 years.
- It assesses the forest and tree cover, bamboo resources, carbon stock and forest fires.
KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THE 2019 REPORT
1) ABOUT FOREST AND TREE COVER
Forest Cover refers to all lands more than one hectare in area, with a tree canopy density of more than 10 percent irrespective of ownership and legal status.
Such lands may not necessarily be a recorded forest area. It may also includes orchards, bamboo and palm.
Whereas Tree Cover comprises of tree patches outside the recorded forest area exclusive of forest cover and less than the minimum map-able area (1 ha).
Some Important facts:
- Total forest cover of country stands now at 80.73 Million Hectare of Land Area.
- In terms of percentage of total geographical area, this value comes out to be around 24.56%.
- The forest cover in the country has increased by 3,976 sq km as compared to 2017 report.
- The tree cover occurring outside the recorded forest area has grown by 1,212 sq km.
- The tree and forest cover together made up 25.56% of India’s area.In the last assessment it was 24.39%.
- State with area wise largest forest cover in country - Madhya Pradesh
- State with percentage of total geographical area wise having largest forest cover is - Sikkim
- The top three States showing an increase in forest cover are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
- However,the sharpest decline in forest cover was seen in the northeastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Mizoram.
- The loss in the North East is attributed primarily due to the traditional farming practice of Shifting Cultivation.
2) ABOUT CARBON STOCK
- The total carbon stock of the country was estimated at 7124 million tons, which is an increase of 42.6 million tons from the last assessment.
- It implies that India is on the right track to achieve its Paris Agreement commitment of 2.5 -3 billion carbon sinks.
3) ABOUT MANGROVE AND BAMBOO COVER
- The mangrove cover has increased by 54 square km or about 1% from the last assessment with Gujarat and Maharashtra registering the largest improvements.
- State with largest bamboo bearing area - Madhya Pradesh
- The total bamboo bearing area of the country is estimated as 1,60,037 sq km.There is an increase of 3,229 sq km in bamboo bearing area as compared to the previous estimate.
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