25% of India’s Total Area under Green Cover

Context:

India’s forest and tree cover has reached a quarter of the country’s total geographical area, according to the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023, released by the Government of India on Saturday.

Key Highlights:

• In this regard, the India State of Forest Report 2023 has recorded forest and tree cover as 25% of the total geospatial extent of India.
• This translates to a 25.17% improvement in which forest and tree covers accounted for 21.76 and 3.41 percentage points, respectively.
• FSI releases the report

Forest Survey of India (FSI)

• Founded
  • 1981
• Headquarter
  • Dehradun
• Director General
  • Anoop Singh