Forest Data info mainly of Maharashtra and Odissa

1. ART INTEGRATED PROJECT

2. GREEN FORESTS
COMPARISON BETWEEN MAHARASHTRA AND ODISHA

3. INDIA and FORESTS
Forestry in India is a significant rural industry and a major
environmental resource. India is one of the ten most forest-rich countries
of the world. Together, India and 9 other countries account for 67
percent of total forest area of the world. India's forest cover grew at
0.20% annually over 1990–2000, and has grown at the rate of 0.7% per
year over 2000–2010, after decades where forest degradation was a
matter of serious concern.
Forestry in India is more than just about wood and fuel. India has a
thriving non-wood forest products industry, which produces latex,
gums, resins, essential oils, flavours, fragrances and aroma
chemicals, incense sticks, handicrafts, thatching materials and
medicinal plants. About 60% of non-wood forest products production
is consumed locally. About 50% of the total revenue from the forestry
industry in India is in non-wood forest products category.

4. Forest of Maharashtra
Forests of Maharashtra are on the Konkan coast, the Sahyadris, the Deccan
Plateau and the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. There are different types of forests
on the Konkan coast. These include intertidal swampy forests, deciduous forests and
semi-evergreen forests Konkan coast.
Maharashtra's Forest Tropical Semi-Evergreen Forest covers 7.73%. Tropical
Moist Deciduous Forest covers 29.84%. Littoral and Swamp Forest covers 0.08%
Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest covers 57.41%

6. Forest of Odisha
Odisha, one of the 28 states of India, has two basic kinds of forest: in the northeast region of
the state the forest is classified as the tropical-moist-deciduous type, blanketing hills, plateaus
and other high-altitude isolated areas; in the southwest the tropical-dry-deciduous variety
dominate.
Odisha's forests are vast. Out of the total geographical area of 155,707 km2, the State
records 52,472 km2 (~33%) as some version of forest. The actual forest cover may be less,
according to the Forest Survey of India, rosewood, sal, piasal, teak and haldi.

11. Maharashtra [Pie chart]
Total Geographical area = 3,07,713 sq km
Total Forest cover = 50,798 sq km

12. Odisha [ Pie chart ]
Total Geographical area = 1,55,707 sq km
Total Forest cover = 52,156 sq km

13. Comparison between Maharashtra and Odisha
Forest cover percentage :
Maharashtra - 16.51%
Odisha - 33.50%

14. Top 5 states/UTs with most forest cover area : -
● Madhya Pradesh: 77,493 sq km
● Arunachal Pradesh: 66,431 sq km
● Chhattisgarh: 55,717 sq km
● Odisha: 52,156 sq km
● Maharashtra: 50,798 sq km

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