Western Ghats lost 58 sqkm forest cover in 10 years, reveals State of Forest report
Hindustan Times West UP|December 23, 2024
REPORT PROVIDES INFO ABOUT THE FOREST COVER IN WESTERN GHATS ECO-SENSITIVE AREA
- Gayatri Vajpeyee

PUNE: The State of Forest Report (SOFR) 2023 states that the Western Ghats have lost 58.22 square kilometres (sq km) of forest cover in last 10 years.

"Very dense forest increased by 3,465.12 sq km, whereas moderately dense forest and open forest decreased by 1,043.23 sq km and 2,480.11 sq km," stated the report released by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) released on Saturday.

The India State of Forest Report has been brought out by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) on a biennial basis since 1987. FSI carries out an in-depth assessment of the forest and tree resources of the country based on the interpretation of remote sensing satellite data and field-based National Forest Inventory (NFI), and the results are published in the ISFR.

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