Forest cover increases in Telangana
The Hindu
Total increase in forest cover between 2014 and 2019 is 1,360 sq km
Telangana has made forward strides in improvement of forest cover as revealed by the Indian State of Forest Report, a biennial publication of the Forest Survey of India under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
According to the report which has obtained data from 2019, forest area recorded in Telangana stands at 26,969 square kilometres, which is 24.05% of the total geographical area of the State.
Cumulative increase in forest cover from 2014 up to 2019 stands at 6.85%, and cumulative increase in tree cover for the same period stands at 14.51%. Cumulative increase in green cover for the same period is 7.7%.
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