CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

FOREST COVER ASSESSMENT

CHANGES OF FOREST COVER OF THE STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES

DISTRICTWISE FOREST COVER

FOREST COVER IN HILL DISTRICTS

FOREST COVER IN TRIBAL DISTRICTS

THEMATIC MAPPING

FIELD INVENTORY

A1.1 Background

A1.2 Recorded forest area

A1.3 Forest cover estimates

A1.4 Growing stock

A1.5 Limitations and scope

A2 FOREST COVER ASSESSMENT

A2.1 Overview

A2.2 Change in forest cover

A2.3 Situation in North-Eastern states

A2.4 Recorded forest area and forest cover

A3. CHANGES OF FOREST COVER IN

THE STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES

A3.1 General

A3.2 Andhra Pradesh

A3.3 Arunachal Pradesh

A3.4 Assam

A3.5 Bihar

A3.6 Delhi

A3.7 Goa

A3.8 Gujarat

A3.9 Haryana

A3.10 Himachal Pradesh

A3.11 Jammu & Kashmir

A3.12 Karnataka

A3.13 Kerala

A3.14 Madhya Pradesh

A3.15 Maharashtra

A3.16 Manipur

A3.17 Meghalaya

A3.18 Mizoram

A3.19 Nagaland

A3.20 Orissa

A3.21 Punjab

A3.22 Rajasthan

A3.23 Sikkim

A3.24 Tamil Nadu

A3.25 Tripura

A3.26 Uttar Pradesh

A3.27 West Bengal

A3.28 Andaman & Nicobar Islands

A3.29 Chandigarh

A3.30 Dadra & Nagar Haveli

A3.31 Daman & Diu

A3.32 Synoptic view of changes

A4 DISTRICTWISE FOREST COVER

A4.2 Arunachal Pradesh

A4.3 Assam

A4.4 Bihar

A4.5 Delhi

A4.6 Goa

A4.7 Gujarat

A4.8 Haryana

A4.9 Himachal Pradesh

A4.10 Jammu & Kashmir

A4.11 Karnataka

A4.12 Kerala

A4.13 Madhya Pradesh

A4.14 Maharashtra

A4.15 Manipur

A4.16 Meghalaya

A4.17 Mizoram

A4.18 Nagaland

A4.19 Orissa

A4.20 Punjab

A4.21 Rajasthan

A4.22 Sikkim

A4.23 Tamil Nadu

A4.24 Tripura

A4.25 Uttar Pradesh

A4.26 West Bengal

A4.27 Andaman & Nicobar Islands

A4.28 Chandigarh

A4.29 Dadra & Nagar Haveli

A4.30 Daman & Diu

A5.2 Himachal Pradesh

A5.3 Jammu & Kashmir

A5.4 Karnataka

A5.5 Kerala

A5.6 Maharashtra

A5.7 Manipur

A5.8 Meghalaya

A5.9 Mizoram

A5.10 Nagaland

A5.11 Sikkim

A5.12 Tamil Nadu

A5.13 Tripura

A5.14 Uttar Pradesh

A5.15 West Bengal

A6.1 Andhra Pradesh

A6.2 Arunachal Pradesh

A6.3 Assam

A6.4 Bihar

A6.5 Gujarat

A6.6 Himachal Pradesh

A6.7 Karnataka

A6.8 Kerala

A6.9 Madhya Pradesh

A6.10 Maharashtra

A6.11 Manipur

A6.12 Meghalaya

A6.13 Mizoram

A6.14 Nagaland

A6.15 Orissa

A6.16 Rajasthan

A6.17 Sikkim

A6.18 Tamil Nadu

A6.19 Tripura

A6.20 Uttar Pradesh

A6.21 West Bengal

A6.22 Andaman & Nicobar Islands

A6.23 Daman & Diu

A6.24 All India

A8.1 Forest area

A8.2 Non-forest area