FOREST

DISTRIBUTION

Presented by
Veena.R.S
INTRODUCTION

The FAO defines forest and woodland

as land under natural or planted
stands of trees, whether productive or
not, including landform which forests
have been cleared but will be
restored in near future.
Forest contain about 90% of biomass and
cover only one third of the land area of earth.

FAO estimates about 29% of surface of the

globe ,forest land accounts for 30%
 Closed forest :those in which tree crowns
spread over 20% or more of the ground and
have a potential for commercial timber
harvesting
 Open forest: those where tree crown covers
less than 20% of the ground.
WORLD LAND USE
DISTRIBUTION

Crop land
11%
Others
33%

Pasture
26%

Forest
3O%
WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF
FORESTS BY REGION
Europe
3%
Latin America
25%
Africa
33%
North America
11%
Russia
14% Asia
14%
DISTRIBUTION OF FORESTS IN INDIA
 India had abundant forest in ancient periods
 At the beginning of 20th century about 30% of
India was occupied by forest
 At the end of 20th century it declines to 19.4%
 Dense forest cover, with tree canopy covering
40% or more declined tremendously
 By1997 it accounted for only11.5%
 Presently per capita forest available is 0.06%
hectares, which is much below of world’s average
of 0.64% hectares per person
DISTRIBUTION ON COMPOSITE
WISE

 Tropical deciduous forests - 38.7%

 Tropical moist deciduous forests - 30.9%

 Open forest - 7.8%

 Mangrove forests - 0.1%

 Government -96%

 Corporative bodies -2.6%

 Rest is ownened by private sectors

 FOREST COVER IN DIFFERENT STATES &
UNION TERRITORIES
States/UT Forests cover States/UT Forests cover
km2 km2
Andra 44419 Rajasthan 15826
Arunachal 68019 Sikkim 3262
Assam 27826 Tamil Nadu 22643
Delhi 170 Tripura 8093
Goa 2156 Uttar Pradesh 14118
Gujarat 14946 Uttarakhand 34651
Haryana 1567 West Bengal 12343
Jammu Kashmir 21267 Andaman& Nicober 6964
Karnataka 36449 Chandigarh 15
Kerala 15577 Daman&Diu 834
Madhya Pradesh 76429 Dadar& Nagar 225
haveli
Maharashtra 46865
Lakshadweep 23
Manipur 17219
Pondicherry 40
Punjab 1580
 CONCLUSION
An over all increase in forest covers from 2001-2003,
is 2795 km2 .The total forest cover of the country as
on 2003 was 678,333km2.According to State Forest
Report, mangrove covers in the country occupied an area
of 4461 sq km of the total geographical area.