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India’s total forest & tree cover area has increased by over 2000 sq km: report

As compared to the assessment of 2019, there is an increase of 2,261 sq km in the total forest and tree cover of the country. Out of this, the increase in the forest cover has been observed as 1,540 sq km and that in tree cover is 721 sq km, according to the ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’ prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI).

Action needed to stop reckless tree-cutting

Therefore, it is shocking that thousands of trees have been destroyed and are threatened even though this loss was clearly avoidable. It is even more disturbing that this is often taking place in ecologically vulnerable regions which can least afford such serious loss.