Explanation:

The state of Rajasthan has recorded a negligible increase of 25sqkm forest area, according to India State of Forest Report (ISFR), 2021.

According to the report, the state’s forest cover has seen a marginal increase of 0.15sqkm compared to 2019.

While the moderate forest cover area has increased by 27sqkm, the open forest cover area has witnessed a slight reduction of 2sqkm in the last two years.

In the previous report, the open forest was reduced from 12,210sqkm to 12,208sqkm.

In 2019, the state’s forest cover had seen marginal increase of 57.51sqkm compared to 2017, when the moderate forest cover area and open forest cover area declined, though the former has started to show improvement.

According to the report, while very dense forest (VDF) area remained unchanged from 2019 with 78sqkm, the moderately dense forest (MDF) witnessed a small increase from 4,342sqkm in 2019 to 4,369sqkm in 2021.