An Overview of Indian Forestry Sector with REDD+ Approach

Table 2

Profile of forests in India from 1987 to 2011 [29, 53–63].

Year	Recorded forest area (in Mha)					Forest cover (in Mha)
	Reserved; forests	Protected; forests	Unclassed; forests	Total forests; area	% of geographical; area	Dense; forests	Open; forests	Mangroves	Total	% of geographical; area
1987	40.18	21.73	13.27	75.18	22.8	36.14	27.66	0.4	64.08	19.49
1989	40.18	21.73	13.27	75.13	22.8	37.84	25.74	0.42	63.88	19.43
1991	41.49	23.30	12.20	77.008	23.4	38.50	24.99	0.42	63.93	19.45
1993	41.49	23.30	12.20	77.008	23.4	38.55	25.02	0.42	63.93	19.45
1995	41.65	22.33	12.53	76.52	23.38	38.57	24.93	0.45	63.88	19.43
1997	41.65	22.33	12.53	76.52	23.38	36.72	26.13	0.48	63.33	19.27
1999	41.65	22.33	12.53	76.52	23.38	37.73	25.50	0.48	63.72	19.39
2001	42.33	21.72	12.78	76.84	23.38	41.68	25.87	0.45	67.55	20.55
2003	39.99	23.84	13.63	77.47	23.57	39.05	28.77	0.44	67.83	20.64
2009	43.05	20.62	13.27	76.95	23.41	40.25	28.84	0.46	69.09	21.02
2011	42.25	21.39	13.30	76.95	23.81	40.42	28.78	0.46	69.20	21.05