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Environmental Accounting on Forest 2025 Report
October 1 , 2025
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- The “Environmental Accounting on Forest – 2025” report was compiled and released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
- India's forest cover increased by 17,444.61 square kilometres from 2010–11 to 2021–22.
- It was reaching 7.15 lakh square kilometres or 21.76% of the total geographical area.
- Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu recorded the highest increases in forest cover with 4,137, 3,122, and 2,606 square kilometres respectively.
- Uttarakhand, Odisha, and Jharkhand showed notable increases in Recorded Forest Area share with 6.3%, 1.97%, and 1.9% respectively.
- India’s growing stock, indicating usable wood volume, rose by 305.53 million cubic metres between 2013 and 2023, a 7.32% increase.
- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana contributed 136, 51, and 28 million cubic metres, respectively, to the growing stock increase.
- Provisioning services from forests rose from ₹30.72 thousand crore in 2011–12 to ₹37.93 thousand crore in 2021–22, about 0.16% of GDP at current prices.
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Kerala were the top contributors to provisioning services with ₹23.78, ₹14.15, and ₹8.55 thousand crore, respectively.
- Carbon retention regulating services increased by 51.82% from ₹409.1 thousand crore in 2015–16 to ₹620.97 thousand crore in 2021–22.
- The value of regulating services in 2021–22 equalled 2.63% of GDP at current prices, with Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Assam as top contributors.
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