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The state of forest report 1995

The state of forest report 1995 is the fifth assessment of the forest cover of the country pertaining to the period 1991-93. It is for the first time that the data obtained from the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite has been used by the Forest Survey of India for this assessment. Apart from giving the extent of forest cover of the country the report also gives other information about various important facts concerning the forests. Forst the first time district-wise extent of scrub land has been worked out and given in the report.

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