Out of the total area for the develpment of any country , the percentage of area for forestation should be:
A]15%
B]35%
C]25%
D]45%
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India has recorded a one percent jump (8,021 square km) in overall forest and tree cover between 2015 and 2017 despite population and livestock pressures, even as the green footprint in the northeast region shrunk by 630 square km, according to the latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR).
Based on satellite data analysis, the biennial assessment – conducted by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) and released by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) – has put the total forest and tree cover at 802,088 square km, which is 24.39 percent of the geographical area of the country.
The total forest cover is 708,273 square km, which is 21.54 percent of the total area of the country. Between 2015 and 2017, India has added 6,778 square km of forest cover and extended 1, 243 square km of tree cover.
The 2017 report, which is the 15th State of Forest survey, maps green cover across 633 districts in place of 589 districts that were considered for the previous edition. According to the Ministry, India has shown an increasing trend in the forest and tree cover, in comparison to the global trend of decreasing forest cover during the last decade.
It highlighted that the country is “ranked 10th in the world, with 24.4 percent of land area under forest and tree cover, even though it accounts for 2.4 percent of the world surface area and sustains the needs of 17 percent of human and 18 percent livestock population.”
The present report underlines an actual increase of 86.89 square km of forest cover in all the tribal districts of India. Mangrove cover, which is 0.15 percent of the area of the country, has shown an improvement with a gain of 181 square km as compared to the 2015 assessment. Forest cover in hill districts expanded by 754 square km.
A forest and riverine ecosystem in the Western Ghats. Photo by Pradeep Kumar N. / Wikimedia Commons.
India targets bringing 33 percent of its geographical area under forest cover. As many as 15 states and union territories (UTs) have forest cover exceeding 33 percent of their geographical area. Out of these, seven states have more than 75 percent forest cover while eight states have forest cover between 33 percent and 75 percent.
The survey, which has for the first time featured water bodies inside forests, says that these bodies inside forest cover have increased by 2,647 square km during last decade (2005 to 2015).
Very dense forest (VDF) has shot up by 1.36 percent as compared to the last assessment. Since VDF absorb maximum carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the ministry sees the spike as an “encouraging” sign. Open forest (OF) has also seen a rise. On the flip side, the moderately dense forest (MDF) component has shown a downward trend.
The total carbon stock is estimated to be 7,083 million tonnes, an increase of 38 million tonnes of carbon stock as compared to the 2015 assessment. Arunachal Pradesh has clocked in the maximum carbon stock at 994.5 million tonnes. India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) talks of creation of an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.
The extent of bamboo-bearing area in the country has been estimated at 15.69 million ha. In comparison to the last assessment done in 2011, there has been an increase of 1.73 million ha in bamboo area.
The total annual potential production of timber from trees outside forest has been estimated at 74.51 million cubic metre.
The total growing stock of India’s forest and trees outside forests is estimated as 5,822.37 million cu. m, of which 4,218.38 million cu. m is inside the forests and 1,603.99 million cu. m outside. There is an increase of 53.990 million cu. m of total growing stock, as compared to the previous assessment. Out of this the increase in growing stock, there is an increase of 23.333 million cu. m inside the forest and 30.657 million cu. m outside the forest area.
Increase in forest cover
Three southern states have contributed to the increase in forest cover. They are: Andhra Pradesh (2,141 square km), Karnataka (1,101 square km) and Kerala (1,043 square km). The report attributes much of the expansion to plantation and conservation activities both within and outside the recorded forest areas as well as improvement in the interpretation due to better radiometric resolution of the recent satellite data from Resourcesat-2.
The forest, agro-forestry and rice field ecosystem of Kodagu. Photo by S. Gopikrishna Warrier / Mongabay.
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