Change in forest cover, 2021 to 2023
Forest cover rose by 156 sq km across India between 2021 and 2023, but states split. Mizoram gained 242 sq km and Gujarat 180, while Madhya Pradesh lost 372, Andhra Pradesh 139 and Telangana 100.
Policy implication
Forest cover is satellite-measured tree canopy over one hectare, so plantations and orchards count, and a gain does not mean more natural forest. Puducherry and the merged Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have no usable figure in the source, so they are grey.
Forest cover is satellite-measured tree canopy over one hectare, so plantations and orchards count, and a gain does not mean more natural forest. Puducherry and the merged Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have no usable figure in the source, so they are grey.
Data vintage. The figures are for 2021-23 and have not been refreshed since this map was made.
Source: Forest Survey of India (ISFR 2023, via MoSPI) (2021-23). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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