India State of Forest Report 2023 released

Key Points

• 1Shri Bhupender Yadav released the India State of Forest Report 2023.
• 2The ISFR is brought out by the Forest Survey of India on a biennial basis.
• 3The report contains information on forest cover, tree cover, and mangrove cover.
• 4The total Forest and Tree cover is 8,27,357 sq km, which is 25.17 percent of the geographical area.
• 5There is an increase of 1445 sq km in the total forest and tree cover compared to 2021.
• 6The area-wise top three states with the largest forest cover are Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.