Table 914 Land Use Pattern tand Use Types ren (in 000" ha) Percentage Total Geographic area Reporting area for land ullzation 70000 Forests 38 NNotavaiabe Ya land elation nas Permanent pastures and other grating lands 12 {and under msc. woe crops and groves 100 Cunurabie wasteland 2s Fallow land other than current allows oy Current faliows er es Sure: Lo se Stes Wins fale, GO, 2% DS Forest Cover ‘Based on interpretation of satelite data pertaining to Oct = Dec 2015 the Forest Cover inthe States 28,147 sq kr, whichs 17.27% ofthe State's geographical area. tn terms of forest canopy density ‘asses, the state has 1,957 sq km under Very Danse Forest, 14,051 sqm under Moderately Dense Forest and 12,139 sqm under Opon Forest,ae Forest cover 75.86% of Andhra Pradesh Pe chart shoing forest ‘over of Prada 120% IH Non forest MH Servo Opan Forest MMod, Oense forest Mery Dense Forest DZ Forest Cover within and outside Recorded Forest Area ‘The recorded forest area of the state is 37,258 sq kr which s 22.86% ofthe state's geographical area ‘The Reserved, Protected and Unclassed forests are 85.784.13.60% and Q62% respectively ofthe recorded forest area. However, asthe dgtized boundary of recorded forest area fom the tate covers 37,9209 km the anasisof forest cover within and outsie tis area is depicted below. ee Forest Cova within Recorded Forest Avea (rea ina kn) ‘very Dense Forest (VOR) Moderately Dense Forest (MDF) 5052 (pen Forest (OF) 368 Total mms Forest Cover outside Recorded Forest Area ‘ery Dense Forest Moderately Dense Forest ‘Open Forest ‘Total Tota Forest Cover ‘Tree Cover Total Forest & Tree Gover Of state's Geographical rea finds Forest & Tee Cover or caplta Forest & Tree Cover rat ences Sonn es 2dee Forest cover IM Open Forest I Mod. DensoForest Ml Very Dense Forest Potent renin Alitude Zone (mm) Geographical Area OF MOF OF Total e500 135m 1081 3355 aust 7900 00-1000 0 oa Sz 3338 982 +ee0-2000 2,099 ~ 2m 350 75 ‘otal “82968 19597 W051 9 280 ‘aod co Sr, ipl Beaton Wea) Table 914 So. Patch Size Range (ea km) no.of Patches Area sq kn) age ¥ soorsio 00 125 506 2 >usw ou a8 on 3 > 05100 a 4083 ea “ > 1005 500 8 3783 nat 5 30 = 1000 3 2467 876 6 1000 5000 2 3597 25 x > 5000 s 10000 2 1578 a8 “otal sez10 20307 100 143: Sree Growing Stock ‘BContribution to country ‘rowing stock in wecorgea vores: nea 198038 m eum 330 Growing Stock in TOF 28 m cum 380 Potential Production ef inéusal wood fom TOF 2248 m cum Ey Bamboo bearing area within forest area of the state 7a78sqkm 38 Total numberof culms 1006 lions 383 Total green weight equivalent of culms 3603 (000" tonnes) 325 DP Carbon Stock in forest ‘The total Carbon stock of forests inthe tate 262,69 millon tonnes (963.197 milion tonnes of CO, equivalent which 's 3.77 of total forest carbon ofthe country. > °° Decadal Change in water bodies within Forest increase of 317 sq km has been observ inthe Extent of waterbody coverage aterbodies within Forest as compared within forest ee seers on - BRR8Reessggesggaessse Table 91 ‘real Coverage 2005, 2015 Erte of water Bodies 5g kn) within Forest 5 3 ‘of water bodies to Forest Cover 138 35 atone seth Son es 146Figure Forest Cover Map of Ana Pradoen Inertial Boundary 3 Cptal District Geovgraphical 2047 Assessment ‘KofGA Change* Scrub ‘Very Dense Mod. Dense Open ‘Total - forest" Forest Forest ‘Anantapur 330 ° 23ST Chittoor 75352 ° 175 ieee azo Fast Godavarl™ a0 ee 2566 08 47a5 «26 403 Guntur 1381 1 mC rs) cc Ce Kurnool st8 o a nS ) Prakasan 7826 oa 188 8B 38 ‘SiiPotsrramulu 13076 z SCs tOnsSSSSSCOH Naliore ‘Sriakulant sar 3 aC Visakhapatnam’ 1161 3 208 160h 362 OBS Viianagaram’ 6538 ° a a ) ‘West Goasvar 3507 a so v4 ‘Yr (kadapa) 15.359 o 275 1643840842108 i Total 236 "ang conoaed updates 05 semen wos! aus 2B? ayaa 8860 poco te ees ts 105Ber Goa Caro 2017 Assessment Total SFR 2015 ‘updated vor ‘MOF oF ‘scrub NF ary Dense Forest “3s 30 @ ° ° a Modemteiy Dense oest ae amt SSCSC*SSSSSSC pen Forest cn) 18 836 esr 18 seu 0 Es 1496 885 134 3300 Non Forest ° 2 1H 32 Th 12842 Total ISFR 2077 197 4ost 9 9860125261 62968 Net Change 1535 ot 506 1090 “38 Reasons for change detected in 2017 assessment “The main reason fr netincrease of 2,141 sq km in forest cover in the State can be attributed to plantation and conservation acts both thin and outside the Recorded Forest Areas.as well as improvement in Interpretation due to beter radiometric resoton oF the recent steite data from Resourcesat-2, The decease inthe forest cover East Godavari and Prakasam districts ae mainly due to rotatoral fling of commercial plantations. rat ences Sonn es 146