FSI- Forest Survey of India and ISFR 2019.
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- Formation:- 1 June 1981
- Headquarter:- Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
- Parent Organization:- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change, Government of India.
- Website:- www.fsi.nic.in
HISTORY:
Founded in 1976, FSI is the successor of PISFR, a project initiated in 1965 by the gov. of India with the sponsorship of FAO and UNDP.
In its report in 1976, the NCA recommended the creation of a National Forest Survey Organization for a regular, periodic and comprehensive forest resources survey of the country, leading to the creation of FSI in the same year.
ORGANIZATION:
FSI assesses forest cover of the country every 2 years by digital interpretation of remote sensing satellite data and publishes the leads to a biennial report called “State of Forest Report”(SFR).
Beginning in 1987, 13 SFRs have come so far.
Since 2004, FSI has been monitoring forest fires across the country using MODID(Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) and GIS based technology.
TRAINING:
FSI provides training to the foresters cadres of varied states of India.
PUBLICATION:
FSI has biennial “The state of Forest Reports” (SFRs) and area-specific reports on “The Reports on Inventory and Wood Consumption Studies”.
ISFR 2019- India state of Forest Report:-
Increases in Forest Cover:
The country’s forest cover includes all patches of land with a tree canopy density of quite 10% and quite 1 ha in area, regardless of land use, ownership and species of trees.
The total forest cover of the country is 7,12,249 sq km which is 21.67% of the geographic area of the country.
The top 5 states to have show an increase in forest cover include Karnataka> Andhra Pradesh> Kerala > J&K> Himachal Pradesh.
- The total forest cover within the tribal districts is 37.54%.
- There tree cover of the country is estimated as 2.89%>.
- Mangrove cover within the country has increased by 54 sq km (1.10%).
- Gujarat has the largest area of wetlands.
