Forests are the
lifeline of the existence of the earth. Without forest cover on this planet,
devastating and cascading effects on the life cycle and climate change
can be seen with a negative impact on human life. Forest cover in India is
shrinking because of many reasons. The below table gives you the data
for year 2011 and year 2019. Go through the table and answer the questions
FOREST COVER IN Sq. km.
2011
VERY DENSE FOREST - 99,280
MODERATELY DENSE
FORESTS - 300,206
OPEN FORESTS -304,400
TOTAL-703,886
FOREST COVER IN
Sq. Km. 2019
VERY DENSE FOREST - 83,400
MODERATELY DENSE
FORESTS - 320,706
OPEN FOREST- 384,420
TOTAL- 788,526
Q1. Find the change in the forest area covered for different types of forests in year
2011 and 2019. [3]
Q2.Which type of forests are reduced and by how much ? [0.5+0.5]
Q3.Convert the area obtained in above question (QUESTION 2) to hectares. [1]
( 1 square kilometre = 100 hectares)
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33 percent
Soon after its independence from Britain in 1947, India came out with its first national forest policy in 1952, which had a target of bringing 33 percent of India's land under forest cover and since then, the target has remained as it is
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