HYDERABAD: Telangana has lost significant forest cover over the last two years ... The report has been prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) which carried out an in-depth assessment ...

According to the report, India’s total forest and tree cover is 8,27,357 square kilometres ... Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and the majority of North East states have registered negative ...

However, it has added over 2,400 sq km of Very Dense Forest. Telangana ... As per the current assessment, India’s total mangrove cover stands at 4,991.68 sq km, as opposed to 4,999.11 sq ...

While Mizoram, Odisha, Karnataka, West Bengal and Jharkhand have added in RFA/GW areas and the forest cover has increased, Tripura, Telangana, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat have lost.

The latest forest survey report from India suggests a slight increase in the country’s forest and tree cover in recent years.

A recent controversy surrounding protests about the Telangana government ... to this decline in forest cover.” Among the 259 countries and islands worldwide, India lost 414 Kha of humid ...

India's total forest and tree cover has increased by 1,445 sq km since 2021, reaching 25.17 per cent of the total geographical area in 2023, according to the latest government data. The India State of ...

India's total forest and tree cover has increased by 1,445 sq km since 2021, reaching 25.17 per cent of the total geographical area in 2023, according to the latest government data. The India ...

This includes a forest cover increase of 156 km2 (60 mi2, or 0.2%) and a tree cover increase of 1,289 km2 (498 mi2, or 1.16%). But how these numbers account for plantations and forests isn’t clear.