According to the latest Indian State of Forest Report (ISFR 2015), what per cent of the total geographical area is covered by forest in India?
According to the latest Indian State of Forest Report (ISFR 2015), what per cent of the total geographical area is covered by forest in India?
[A]20.36%
[B]21.34%
[C]23.28%
[D]24.16%
21.34%
According to the recently released India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2015, the total forest cover of the country has increased by 3, 775 sq km, the tree cover has gone up by 1, 306 sq km. The total forest and tree cover is 24.16% of the total geographical area whereas only forest cover is 21.34% of the country’s geographical area. The total carbon stock in the country’ s forest is estimated to be 7044 million tonnes, an increase of 103 million tonnes.