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Sikkim India’s greenest State, 47.3 per cent land forested [1]

With a forest cover 47.3 per cent of its total geographical area — more than double the national average of 21 per cent — Sikkim is India’s greenest State, official data shows.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2013
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Sikkim [3], Forests [4], Endangered Species [5], Flora [6], Medicinal Plants [7], Afforestation [8], Biosphere Reserves [9], Biodiversity Conservation [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sentinel-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sikkim
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flora
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medicinal-plants
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/afforestation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biosphere-reserves
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-conservation