FSI and SFR in India

FSI and SFR in India

  • Forest Survey of India (FSI) assesses forest cover of the country by interpretation of remote sensing satellite data and publishes the results in a biennial report called ‘State of Forest Report (SFR). 9 SFR’s have been brought out so far, and the 10th SFR has now been published.
  • The state of Forest Report (SFR), 9th in the series was published on 19 July, 2005. In the current 10th cycle (for SFR- 2005) FSI has used satellite data for IRS-P6 Resource Sat LISS III having 23.5 under resolution.
  • As pore SFR, the forest cover in the country has been assessed as 677.088 km2, which constitutes 20.60% of the country’s geographical area.
  • The total tree cover of India has been estimated to be 91,663 Km2, which constitutes 2.29% of country’s geographical area. The tree cover is maximum in East Deccan (11,293 km2).
  • However, west coast has maximum percentage of tree cover (6.85%) and Easter Himalayas has the lowest tree cover.
  • On the occasion of World Forestry Day on 21st March, 2007, Ministry of Environment and Forests, released the book ‘National Forestry Database Management System- A Vision’.

Biosphere Reserves in India

Site Name----------------Notification year-------------Location

Nilgiri---------------------1986---------TN, Kerala and Karnataka
Nanda Devi------------------1988---------Uttaranchal
Norkrek---------------------1988---------Meghalaya
Manas-----------------------1989---------Assam
Sunderbans------------------1989---------West Bengal
Gulf of Mannar--------------1989---------Tamil Nadu
Great Nicobar---------------1989---------Andaman and Nicobar
Simlipal--------------------1994---------Orissa
Dibru- Daikhowa-------------1997---------Assam
Dehong Debang---------------1998---------Arunachal Pradesh
Panchamrhi------------------1999---------Arunachal Pradesh
Kanchan- janga--------------2000---------Sikkim
Agasthyamalai---------------2001---------Kerala
Achanakmar------------------2005---------Madhya Pradesh
Kanchh-------------------29 Jan 2008-----Gujarat

Note: Out of 15 Biosphere reserves, four have been recognized on World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO, namely Nilgiri, Sundarbans Gulf of Mannar and Nanda Devi.

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