Total recorded forest land in the West Bengal is 11,879 sq.km., of which 7,054 sq.km. is Reserved Forest, 3,772 sq.km. is Protected Forest and 1,053 sq.km. is Unclassed State Forest, thus constituting 13.38% of the geographical area of the state.
The forest cover including the forests created outside the recorded forest area is 15.52% of the geographical area as assessed by the GIS Cell of the W.B. Forest Department in the year 2004 on the basis of Satellite Imagery procured from NRSA, Hyderabad in digital data format. While computing the forest cover of the State the protocol developed by RRSSC,Kharagpur underDept. of Space,GOI, NRSA,Hyderabad in earlier studies was followed. Estuarine water bodies like rivers& creeks in mangrove forest and river flowing through the recorded forest land in Jalpaiguri have been included while computing the forest cover.
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