| Total Forest and Tree cover |
24.62% of India's geographical area |
| Total Forest Cover |
7,13,789 sq km (21.71% of geographical area) |
| Tree Cover |
2.91% of geographical area |
| Increase compared to ISFR 2019 |
- Forest and tree cover together: 0.28%
- Forest Cover: 0.22%
- Tree Cover: 0.76%
|
| Change in Recorded Forest Area/Green Wash (RFA/GW) compared to 2019 |
- Forest Cover within RFA/GW: Slight increase of 31 sq km
- Forest Cover outside RFA/GW: Increase of 1,509 sq km
|
| Top five states with increase in forest cover |
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka, Jharkhand |
| Forest cover in hill districts |
40.17% of total geographical area, decrease of 902 sq km |
| Total forest cover in tribal districts |
37.53% of geographical area, decrease of 655 sq km inside RFA/GW, increase of 600 sq km outside |
| Total forest cover in North-Eastern region |
64.66% of geographical area, decrease of 1,020 sq km |
| Mangrove cover |
Increased by 0.34% |
| Total Carbon Stock |
7,204.0 million tonnes, increase of 79.4 million tonnes since 2019 |
| Forest Prone to Fire |
22.27% |
| Bamboo Forests |
Total bamboo-bearing area: 1,49,443 sq km, decrease of 10,594 sq km compared to ISFR 2019 |
