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How dense is India's forest cover, really? To critics, new data hides more than tells
For starters, 'forest cover' is defined as 'all ... of this granular data plotted on maps, purportedly prepared by the Forest Survey of India but not released. It all has prompted environmental ...
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India's forest cover grows, but grim realities linger
since 2021 reaching 25.17 per cent of the total geographical area in 2023, which puts India's forest cover at 7,15,342. ... called for digitisation of forest maps, geo-referencing of Recorded ...
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India’s forest surveys conceal a deep institutional failure
Every two years, the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) produced by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is released with much fanfare by the government, each time showing an infinitesimal increase in ...
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India’s forest cover report: Balancing progress and challenges
On the surface, the report brings encouraging news: India has added 156.41 sq. km.of forest cover within Recorded Forest Areas (RFA) and achieved a total increase of 1,445.81 sq. km.in forest and ...
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India lost more than a million hectares of forest cover in 17 years — that’s more than four times the size of Goa
India has lost over 1.6 million hectares of forests in the last 17 years. The total forest cover loss has caused nearly 172 metric tons of carbon emission in India. The north-eastern states of ...
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India’s forests ablaze: Over 11 lakh fires in just five seasons
The top three States having the largest forest cover are Madhya Pradesh (77,073 sq km) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (65,882 sq km) and Chhattisgarh (55,812 sq km) According to the India State of ...
The Hindu2y
Long dry spell triggers large scale forest fire in Odisha
The analysis says 10.66% area of the forest cover in India was under extremely to very extremely fire-prone zones. The central part of Odisha falls in the category of extremely and very extremely ...