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Highlights of India State of Forest Report (ISFR), 2021

The highlights of the 2021 report are as under:

● The forest and tree cover has increased by 1,540 square kilometres over the last two years.
● Current forest cover of India – 7,13,789 square kilometres (21.71% of the total geographical
area).
● The forest cover is up from 21.67% in 2019.
● Five NE states (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland) have
seen a loss in forest cover.
● Current mangrove cover of India – 4,992 sq km (Increase by 17 sq km).
● 35.46 % of the forest cover is prone to forest fires.
● Total carbon stock in India’s forests – 7,204 million tonnes (Increase of 79.4 million tonnes
since 2019).
● Bamboo forests – 53,336 million culms (up from 2019’s 13,882 million culms).

States showing the highest increase in forest cover:

1. Telangana (3.07%)
2. Andhra Pradesh (2.22%)
3. Odisha (1.04%)

What’s New in ISFR 2021?

● For the first time, forest cover was assessed in tiger reserves, tiger corridors and the Gir
Forest (which is home to the Asiatic Lion).
● The forest cover in tiger corridors has increased by 37.15 sq km (0.32%) between
2011-2021, but decreased by 22.6 sq km (0.04%) in tiger reserves.
● Among tiger reserves, the Pakke Tiger Reserve of Arunachal Pradesh has the highest forest
cover at almost 97%.

Forest Cover
● The states with the most forest cover in the nation in terms of area:
○ Madhya Pradesh,
○ Arunachal Pradesh,
○ Chhattisgarh,
○ Odisha, and
○ Maharashtra.
● The top five states in terms of forest cover as a proportion of total land area are:
○ Mizoram,
○ Arunachal Pradesh,
○ Meghalaya,
○ Manipur, and
○ Nagaland.
● The word "forest area" refers to the land's legal status on the basis of official records.
● The term "forest cover" denotes the presence of trees on any given piece of land.

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