More than half of India's forest cover increase is only an accounting error

Country's forest cover has increased by only about 2,000 sq km over 2010-2012 (a 0.29% increase) and not by 5,871 sq km, as the recently released "Indian State of Forest Report 2013" claims

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Publication Date: 
18/07/2014
Nitin SethI
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Forests, West Bengal, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Land, Afforestation, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA)