Figure 2: Work flow of e-green watch portal
Major Finding of Forest survey report
The entire forest and tree cover of the country is 80.9 million hectares, accounting for 24.62 percent of the country’s geographical area. The total forest and tree cover of the country has increased by 2,261 square kilometers since the previous assessment in 2019. The increase in forest cover is 1,540 square kilometers, and the increase in tree cover is 721 square kilometers. .
There has been an increase in forest cover in open forest, followed by deep forest. Andhra Pradesh (647 sq km), Telangana (632 sq km), and Odisha are the top three states with increased forest cover (537 sq km).
Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the country’s highest forest cover, followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Maharashtra. Mizoram (84.53 percent), Arunachal Pradesh (79.33 percent), Meghalaya (76.00 percent), Manipur (74.34 percent), and Nagaland are the top five states in terms of forest cover as a proportion of total geographical area (73.90 percent).
Forest cover covers more than 33% of the geographical area in 17 states/UTs. Five states/UTs, namely Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya, have more than 75 percent forest cover, while 12 states/UTs, namely Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Goa, Kerala, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Assam, and Odish
The country’s total mangrove cover is 4,992 square kilometres. Mangrove cover has increased by 17 square kilometres since the previous assessment in 2019. Odisha (8 sq km), Maharashtra (4 sq km), and Karnataka are the top three states with increased mangrove cover (3 sq km).
Total carbon stock in country’s forest is estimated to be 7,204 million tonnes and there an increase of 79.4 million tonnes in the carbon stock of country as compared to the last assessment of 2019. The annual increase in the carbon stock is 39.7 million tonnes.
Monitoring through e-green watch portal has certain technological limitations.
Although several technological advances in the past have alleviated the constraints and improved thoverall quality. The following work cannot be ascertained through satellite data: