India's forest cover amounted to over 713 thousand square kilometers in 2021. There was an increasing trend in the area since 2000. Dense and open forests accounted for the largest share that year across the country.
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Forest Survey of India, & MoEFCC (India). (March 31, 2023). Area of forest cover in India from 2000 to 2021 (in 1,000 square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/693530/india-forest-cover-estimates/
Forest Survey of India, und MoEFCC (India). "Area of forest cover in India from 2000 to 2021 (in 1,000 square kilometers)." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693530/india-forest-cover-estimates/
Forest Survey of India, MoEFCC (India). (2023). Area of forest cover in India from 2000 to 2021 (in 1,000 square kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693530/india-forest-cover-estimates/
Forest Survey of India, and MoEFCC (India). "Area of Forest Cover in India from 2000 to 2021 (in 1,000 Square Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693530/india-forest-cover-estimates/
Forest Survey of India & MoEFCC (India), Area of forest cover in India from 2000 to 2021 (in 1,000 square kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693530/india-forest-cover-estimates/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Area of forest cover in India from 2000 to 2021 (in 1,000 square kilometers) [Graph], Forest Survey of India, & MoEFCC (India), March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/693530/india-forest-cover-estimates/