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The India State of Forest Report 2021 has vindicated what activists, lawyers and academicians have been saying all along - Arunachal Pradesh, which is the second largest forested state in India, is losing its primary forests and that too at a large scale every passing year.
India's forest cover increased marginally to 24.62%: Survey
These are the Indian states with the largest forest cover - The nation's overall forest and tree area is 80.9 million hectares, or 24.62 % of its geographic region, as per India State of Forest Report 2021.
However, the forest cover in tribal districts and India’s northeastern states continues to fall.
The 17th edition of the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) offers us some good news, but it also lays bare several areas of concern over India’s natural ecosystem. The report says that nearly a