Abstract: The total forest cover of the country as per the 2007 assessment of State of Forest Report is 78.37 million hectares which constitutes 23.84 per cent of the geographic area of India.
Inputs from India State of Forest Report 2009, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India
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