In the past two years, India has shown a marginal increase of 0.21 percent forest, adding 6,778 sq km in area, with Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Telangana increasing their green footprint.
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While overall green cover, including tree patches outside recorded forest areas, reported an incremental 1% increase (8,021 sq km) over the last assessment year in 2015, the quality of forests remain a hotly debated subject even as satellite monitoring has increased availability of data.Click Here: Aston Villa Shop