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According to the Indian State of Forest Report (2021), the total mangrove cover in India is approximately 4,992 km 2, which constitutes about 0.15% of the country's total geographical area. [11] According to the 2023 report, it decreased to 4,991.68 km square, a decrease of 7.43 sq km in 2 years.
Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change used the mid-resolution satellite data on LISS-III data from Indian remote sensing satellite. Minister of environment forest and climate change Bhupendra Yadav released the Indian forest survey report 2021-22 on 13 January 2022. As per the report, 17 Indian states have a forest cover of ...
The British state monopoly over Indian forests was first asserted through the Indian Forest Act of 1865. This law simply established the government's claims over forests. The British colonial government then passed the more comprehensive Forest Act of 1878, giving them control over all wastelands, which were defined to encompass all forests.
The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) [2] [3] [4] is an autonomous organisation [5] [6] or governmental agency under the MoEFCC, Government of India. Headquartered in Dehradun , its functions are to conduct forestry research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies; and to ...
The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is the premier forest service of India. [1] [2] [3].The IFS is one of the three All India Services along with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) & the Indian Police Service (IPS). It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951.
The Forest Research Institute of India's India State of Forest Report 2019 lists area under different forest types in the state. [39] The major forest types as a percentage of the forest cover area are: East Himalayan Sub-Tropical Wet Hill Forest = 24.35% [39] East Himalayan Wet Temperate Forest = 22.92% [39]
The Gir Forest in the State of Gujarat, India is the last natural habitat of more than 674 wild Asiatic lions, though plans are afoot to re-introduce some to Kuno National Park in the neighboring State of Madhya Pradesh to ensure their longterm survival against epidemics and natural calamities.
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 ...