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Mumbai12 minutes agoWriters: Vinod Yadav
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There is tree cover in an area of about 12,108 sq km of Maharashtra.
There is relief news in the Forest Survey Report 2021 released by the Forest Survey of India for the Mahavikas Aghadi government of Maharashtra. Maharashtra has been found to be the topper in the country in terms of tree cover. Maharashtra has tree cover in an area of about 12,108 sq km. After this, 8,733 sq km area of Rajasthan, 8,054 sq km area of Madhya Pradesh and 7,497 sq km area of Karnataka are covered by trees.
Forest cover and carbon stock both increased
According to the Forest Survey Report 2021, the forest cover in Maharashtra has also increased by 20 sq km. In the survey conducted in 2019, there was a total forest cover of 50,778 sq km in the state. This has increased to 50,798 sq km in 2021 in two years. The state had a forest cover of 50,682 sq km in the year 2017. Maharashtra has also made progress in terms of carbon stock. The carbon stock in Maharashtra was 4,405.08 tonnes in 2019, which has increased by 110.98 tonnes in two years to 4,516.06 tonnes in 2021.
Understand the difference in carbon stock in Maharashtra like this
Parameters | 2021 | 2019 |
total forest cover | 50,798 square kilometer | 50,778 square kilometer |
Above Ground Biomass/AGB (Stem) | 1378.31 lakh tonnes | 1,312.49 lakh tonnes |
Below Ground Biomass (Root)/ BGB | 423.53 MT | 403.8 lakh tonnes |
dead wood (dried tree) | 23.16 lakh tonnes | 15.86 lakh tonnes |
Litter (leaves) | 79.28 lakh tonnes | 106.87 lakh tonnes |
soil organic carbon (post-fall humus) | 2,611.78 lakh tonnes | 2,566.06 lakh tonnes |
total carbon stock | 4,516.06 lakh tonnes | 4405.05 lakh tonnes |