“India State of Forest Report (ISFR)” published by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) states that the total forest and tree cover of the country is 80.73 million hectares or 24.56 per cent of the geographical area of the country. Forest cover reported in ISFR includes all lands having trees more than one hectare in area with tree canopy density of more than 10%, irrespective of ownership, legal status of the land and species composition of trees.