Forest resources of Karnataka are under severe pressure with drastic fall in the area of dense forest cover between 2001 and 2007, with a 10 pc decline.

The dense forest cover, which was estimated at about 26,156 sq km (70 pc) in 2001, has declined to 21,958 sq km (60 pc) in 2007. However, open forest cover increased from 10,835 sq km to 14,232 sq km in this period.