Forests & National Parks in India

An area with a high density of trees is known as forests.

Forests

 India's forest cover increased by 728 sq km during 2005-07 — a marginal rise of 0.03%. Overall, 21.02% of the country's geographical area is now under green cover. In the 10 years, forest cover in the country has increased by 3.31 million hectares, showing an average 0.46% increase every year.

Area covered

Forest cover of India

A national park is a reserve of national ,semi national,or developed land that a state declares or owns.

National parks

 India's first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park

First national park

 All national park lands then encompassed a total 39,919 km2 (15,413 sq mi) km², comprising 1.21% of India's total surface area.

Area Covered…

As of April 2012, there were 102 national parks.

Now a total of 166 national parks have been authorized.

By 1970, India had only 5 national parks

1.Sunderbans National Park

2.Bandhavgarh National Park

3.Kanha National Park

4.Nagarhole National Park

5.Ranthambore National Park

Five of the best national parks 

Madhya Pradesh- Bandhavgarh National Park & Kanha National Park

Karnataka – Nagarhole National park

Rajasthan - Ranthambore National park

West Bengal - Sunderbans National park

States famous for National parks

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