According to state forest report 2019 1 Tree cover of Uttar Pradesh has increased by 100 sq km 2 nbs...........

Uttar Pradesh Geography and Environment

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According to state forest report 2019

1. Tree cover of Uttar Pradesh has increased by 100 sq km.

2. The forest cover in Uttar Pradesh is 14,805 sq km.

Which of the above statement is correct

Only 1

Only 2

Both 1 and 2

None of the above

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Explanation:

According to recently released state forest report 2019. The Forest Cover in the Uttar pradesh is 14,805.65 sq km which is 6.15 % of the State's geographical area.

Forest Cover in the State has increased by 126.65 sq km as compared to the previous assessment reported in ISFR 2017.

Tree cover
trees occurring in patches of size less than 1 ha including scattered trees are assessed through sampling based methodology. Tree cover in Uttar Pradesh has been estimated 7342 sq km.Tree cover of Uttar Pradesh has decreased by 100 sq km as compared to the previous assessment reported in ISFR 2017.

Natural wetland - 31,828 hactare
man made wetlands - 9,497 hactare
Percentage of wetland area inside recorded forest is 3.14%.