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The present forest area of India, according to satellite data, is

  • A.increasing
  • B.decreasing
  • C.static
  • D.decreasing in open forest area but increasing in closed forest area

Answer: B

The forest area is decreasing.

Satellite assessment by the Forest Survey of India shows losses to encroachment, shifting cultivation, mining and development projects, particularly of dense forest, even where total green cover appears steady because plantations are counted in.

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