India's forest cover boosts 0.6%; Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala lead

08:20:00 PM, Monday 30th of December 2019 | in miscellaneous

India’s total forest cover has increased 0.56% over the last two years, according to the latest India State of the Forest Report 2019. India is among the few countries in the world where both forest and tree cover has shown a consistent increase. The report, released by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, shows an increase of 3,976 sq km (0.56%) forest cover at the national level as compared to 2017.