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As of 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates India's forest cover to be about 68 million hectares, or 22% of the country's area [4] [5] The 2013 Forest Survey of India states its forest cover increased to 69.8 million hectares by 2012, per satellite measurements; this represents an increase of 5,871 square ...
All Indian states and UTs forest cover data for 2010 is from India State of Forest Report 2011, Forest Survey of India (2011), pages 4-5, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. 2. The world's average forest coverage data, as well as India's annual increase in forest trend between 2000-2005 and 2005-2010, is from Global Forest ...
A thematic map is a type of map that portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter (theme) in a geographic area. This usually involves the use of map symbols to visualize selected properties of geographic features that are not naturally visible, such as temperature, language, or population. [ 1 ]
The content includes thematic maps related to disasters, agriculture, water resources, land cover, and processed satellite data generated by ISRO. [2] Bhuvan is known for its association with various sections of the Government of India to enable the use of geospatial technology. Since its inception, Bhuvan has enabled the Indian government to ...
Indian Forest cover map as of 2015. Tropical evergreen forests of India are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, [a] the Western Ghats, [b] which fringe the Arabian Sea, the coastline of peninsular India, and the greater Assam region in the north-east. [c] Small remnants of semi-evergreen forest are found in Odisha state.
Forest cover is the total geographical area declared as forest by the government. As of 2021, the total forest cover in India is 80.9 million hectares, which is 21.71 per cent of the total geographical area. [2] There is a 1,540 sq.km increase in forest cover over 2019. Madhya Pradesh has the highest forest cover by area followed by Arunachal ...
One of India's premier Tiger Reserves Nallamala Hills: Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh (South of River Krishna) [1] Namdapha National Park: Arunachal Pradesh: 1985 km 2: Fourth largest national park in India. Nanmangalam forest: Chennai, Tamil Nadu 24 km 2: The reserve forest area is 3.2 km 2: Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary: Goa 211 km 2: New ...
Naga-Manipuri-Chin hills moist forests (India) Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests (India, Myanmar) Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh (India, Pakistan) South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India) Sundarbans mangroves (Bangladesh, India) Terai-Duar savannas and grasslands (Bhutan, India, Nepal) Tibetan Plateau alpine shrublands and ...