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The Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests [2] is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion which occupies the lower hillsides of the mountainous border region joining Bangladesh, China's Yunnan Province, India, and Myanmar. The ecoregion covers an area of 135,600 square kilometres (52,400 sq mi).
The Churachandpur–Khoupum Protected Forest was notified by the Government of Manipur on 17 September 1966 under Section 29 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. [9] Manipur was a union territory at that time, governed by a centrally-appointed Chief Commissioner, and guided by a Legislative Assembly consisting of 30 elected members and 3 nominated members. [10]
Manipur acts as India's "Gateway to the East" through Moreh and Tamu towns, the land route for trade between India and Burma and other countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia. Manipur has the highest number of handicraft units and the highest number of craftspersons in the northeastern region of India.
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.
Together, India and 9 other countries account for 67 percent of the total forest area of the world. [1] India's forest cover grew at 0.20% annually over 1990–2000, [2] and has grown at the rate of 0.7% per year over 2000–2010, [2] after decades where forest degradation was a matter of serious concern. [3]
The Kezol-tsa Forest is a thick old-growth forest along the southern and northern edges of the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur. The forest is located on the southern part of Dzüko Valley . This forest has dry, warm summers and cool winter.
The Nongmaiching Reserved Forest (Meitei: Nongmaiching Umang), also unofficially spelled as the Nongmaijing Reserved Forest (Meitei: Nongmaijing Umang), [b] is one of the eight reserved forests of Imphal East district of Manipur. Covering an area of 67 square kilometers, it protects the forests of the Nongmaiching Ching mountains. [7] [8]
The annual change rate of forest cover trend data is based on annual satellite data as well. Data Sources: 1. 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.