The Dynamics of Mangrove Cover in India: Based on Assessment done by Forest Survey of India from 1987 to 2017
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2019/v145i7/147012Keywords:
Mangrove Cover, India, Gujarat, Decadal Changes.Abstract
The paper represents an analytical overview of decadal changes of mangrove cover in India with special emphasis on Gujarat state since 1987 based on published reports of Forest Survey of India. During last three decades in India, the mangrove cover has shown an increase of 21.6%. However, the mangrove cover increased from 0.12% to 0.15% of the total geographical area of the country. Among all the states and UTs, Gujarat has shown the maximum increase (about 167%) in mangrove cover during the same period. In Gujarat, as compared to mangrove cover in 1987 (427 km2) it increased by 2.66 times to 1140km2 in 2017 during the last three decades.References
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