(iv) What is the difference between forest area and forest cover?
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What is the difference between forest area and forest cover?
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There is a difference between forest area and forest cover. Geographical area recorded as forests in government records is forest area. It is also referred to as recorded forest area. All lands, more than one hectare in area with a tree canopy density of more than 10 per cent is called forest cover. Such lands may not be statutorily notified as forest area. For example, the total forest area in India is about 23.3 per cent of the total geographical area. It includes such areas also without forest cover. Areas actually covered with forests are 19.4 per cent of the total geographical area.
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The term ‘Forest Area’ (or recorded forest area) generally refers to all the geographic areas recorded as forest in government records.
On the other hand, the term ‘Forest Cover’ refers to all lands more than 1 hectare in area, having a tree canopy density of more than 10%.
the term ‘forest area’ denotes the legal status of the land as per the government records,
whereas the term ‘forest cover’ indicates the presence of trees over any land.
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