Change in forest cover India 1991-2017 by state

Published by Sandhya Keelery, Aug 24, 2023
Forest cover in the national capital region of Delhi in India grew by over 700 percent between 1991 ad 2017, while there was a decline of forest cover by 42 percent in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Deforestation had become a common activity in the south Asian country in order to improve the infrastructure and house the rapidly increasing population.

Change in forest cover across India from 1991 to 2017, by state

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May 2019

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1991 to 2017

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