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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 ...
Biosphere reserves of Madhya Pradesh [4] Year Name Location Type Key fauna Area (km 2) 1 1999: Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve: Parts of Betul District, Narmadapuram District and Chhindwara District: Semi-arid: Giant squirrel, flying squirrel: 4981.72 2 2005: Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
The Madhya Pradesh state forest department notified 345 square kilometres (133 sq mi) of the Kuno Palpur area as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1981. [18] In April 2002, a separate Wildlife Division was established for Kuno, effectively increasing the protected area for wildlife to 1,268.861 square kilometres (489.910 sq mi).
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 17 Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh (MoS, I/C) 26 May 2014 5 July 2016 2 years, 40 days: Bharatiya Janata Party: Modi I: Narendra Modi: 18 Anil Madhav Dave (1956–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh (MoS, I/C) 5 July 2016 18 May 2017 (died in office) 317 days ...
Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, covering about 1,197 km 2 (462 sq mi), is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is located in the centre of the state covering parts of Sagar, Damoh, Narsinghpur, and Raisen Districts. It is about 90 km from Jabalpur and about 56 km from Saugor.
The project of reintroduction of gaurs dealt with shifting some gaurs from Kanha National Park to Bandhavgarh. 50 animals were transferred in 2012. This project was executed by Madhya Pradesh Forest department, Wildlife Institute of India and Taj Safaris by technical collaboration. [8] In January 2025, there were around 170 gaurs in Bandhavgarh ...
Forest Survey of India (FSI), founded in June 1981 and headquartered at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, is the Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organisation which conducts forest surveys, studies and researches to periodically monitor the changing situations of land and forest resources and present the data for national planning, conservation and sustainable ...
The National Forest Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the assessment of policy in India regarding publicly owned forests and laws relating to both public and private Forestry in India. The commission was set up in 2003 to review and assess India's policy and law and their effect on India's forests.