🌳 India State of Forest Report 2023 (18th Report) 🌳

✅ Forest & Tree Cover: 25.17%
✅ Forest Cover: 21.76%
✅ Largest Forest Areas:
1️⃣ Madhya Pradesh
2️⃣ Arunachal Pradesh
3️⃣ Maharashtra

✅ Percentage Wise Forest Areas:
1️⃣ Lakshadweep (91.33%)
2️⃣ Mizoram
3️⃣ Andaman & Nicobar

✅ Increase in Forest Cover:
1️⃣ Mizoram
2️⃣ Gujarat
3️⃣ Odisha

✅ Growth Leader (Forest & Tree Cover):
1️⃣ Chhattisgarh
2️⃣ Uttar Pradesh
3️⃣ Odisha

✅ Mangrove Cover: 4,992 sq.km. (↓ 7.43 sq.km since 2021)
✅ Total Carbon Stock: 7,285.5 Million Tonnes 🌍

About the Report:
📗 Published biennially since 1987 by Forest Survey of India (FSI) under the MoEFCC.
🎯 Objective: Assess forest & tree resources using satellite data & National Forest Inventory (NFI).

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