Soil Health Management under Hill Agroecosystem of North East India

Table 1

Trends of forest loss/gain (km²) in NEH region.

States	1999 Assessment			2001 Assessment			Net difference
	Dense forest cover	Open forest cover	Total forest cover	Dense forest cover	Open forest cover	Total forest cover
Arunachal Pradesh	57,756	11,091	68,847	53,932	14,113	68,045	(−) 802
*Assam	15,548	8,276	23,824	14,517	9,171	23,688	(−)136
Manipur	5,936	11,448	17,384	5,710	11,216	16,926	(−) 458
Meghalaya	5,925	9,708	15,633	5,681	9,903	15,584	(−) 49
Mizoram	3,786	14,552	18,338	8,936	8,558	17,494	(−) 844
Nagaland	5,137	9,027	14,164	5,393	7,952	13,345	(−) 819
Sikkim	2,363	755	3,118	2,391	802	3,193	75
Tripura	2,228	3,517	5,745	3,463	3,602	7,065	1320
**Total	83,131	60,098	1,43,229	85,506	56,146	1,41,652	(−) 1577

^∗Data for Assam is during the assessment year of 1997–1999 and **total reports only for NEH region.
Source: [4].