GREEN ISSUE
FOREST
Table -I: RECORDED FOREST AREA
Reserve Forest (RF)
-
4,387 sq. km.
Protected Forest (PF)
-
19,185 sq. km.
Unclassed Forest (UF)
-
33 sq. km.
Total
-
23,605 sq. km.
Percentage of State’s Geographical Area
-
29.61 %
Percentage of Country’s Forest Area
-
3.05 %
Table -II: FOREST COVER
Very Dense Forest
-
2544 sq. km.
Moderately Dense Forest
-
9137 sq. km.
Open Forest
-
11035 sq. km.
Total
-
22716 sq. km.
Percentage of State’s
-
28.50 %
Percentage of State’s
-
3.35 %
Forest Cover
Table -III: TREE COVER
Cultivable Non-Forest
-
Area (CNFA)
-
51555 sq. km
No. of trees per ha of CNFA
-
10.4
Tree cover
-
5012 sq. km
Of State geographical Area
-
6.29 %
Of CNFA
-
9.72 %
Table -IV: FOREST AND TREE COVER
Total forest & Tree Cover
-
27728 sq. km
Of State’s geographic Area
-
34.78 %
Of Country’s Forest & Tree Cover
-
3.56 %
Per capital Forest & Tree Cover
-
0.10 Ha
GREEN ISSUE
District
Table-V District Wise Forest Cover (Jharkhand)
Geographical
Forest Cover
Area
Very
Moderately
Dense
Dense
Open
Percent Change
Total
Forest Forest
Bokaro
1929
59
223
299
581
30.12
7
Chatra
3732
251
842
695
1788
47.91
-107
DeogharT
2479
3
24
75
102
4.11
14
Dhanbad
2996
0
45
163
208
6.94
34
Dumka
6112
0
120
376
496
7.98
8
Garhwa
4092
147
460
827
1434
35.04
59
Giridih
4963
99
302
419
820
16.52
37
Godda
2110
35
144
296
475
22.51
85
Gumla T
9077
258
903
1402
2563
28.24
77
Hazaribagh
5998
284
627
1177
2088
34.81
-74
Koderma
1435
94
291
222
607
42.3
-9
LohardagaT
1491
149
232
135
516
34.61
-41
PakurT
1571
8
35
239
282
17.95
-12
PalamuT
8657
492
1808
1261
3561
41.13
-299
Pashchimi SinghbhumT
9907
446
1598
1767
3811
38.47
84
Purbi SinghbumT
3533
49
528
346
923
26.13
38
RanchiT
7698
148
687
1040
1875
24.36
143
Sahebganj
1834
22
268
296
586
31.95
35
Total
79714
2544
9137
28.50
79
(Source-FSI 2003)
11035 22716
GREEN ISSUE
Table-VI : Vegetation with coverage area
Sl. No.
Forest Type
Area (Sq. Kms.)
1
Dry Peninsular Sal
12700
2
Dry Peninsular Sal with Acacia catechu
1722
3
Dry Peninsular Sal with dry Bamboo
704
4
Moist Peninsular Sal (Singhbhum Valley)
3050
5
Northern dry mixed deciduous forests
364
6
Northern dry mixed deciduous forests with Boswellia serrata
3374
7
Northern dry mixed deciduous forests with bamboo
8
Northern dry mixed deciduous forests with Acacia catechu
9
Dry Tropical Butea Forests
96
1519
76
Total
23605
Table-VII: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Jharkhand
Sl.
No.
Name of the WLS/NP
Area
District
(Sq km)
Establishment
Legal
Year
status
1
Betla National Park
231.67
Palamu
1986
NP
2
Palamau Sanctuary
794.33
-Do-
1976
S
3
Lawalong Sanctuary
207.00
Chatra
1978
S
4
Dalma Sanctuary
193.22
Singhbum (East)
1976
S
5
Hazaribagh Sanctuary
186.25
Hazaribagh
1976
S
6
Kodarma Sanctuary
177.95
Kodarma
1985
S
7
Palkot Sanctuary
183.18
Gumla
1990
S
8
Gautam Buddha Sanctuary (Part)
100.00
Kodarma
1971
S
9
Mahuardanr Wolf Sanctuary
63.25
Palamau
1976
S
10
Parasnath Sanctuary
49.33
Giridih
1981
S
11
Udhwa Lake Bird Sanctuary
5.65
Sahebganj
1991
S
12
Topchanchi Sanctuary
8.75
Dhanbad
1978
S
Total
2200.58
GREEN ISSUE
Table VIII (a) Construction/Establishment of
1
Drinking Water Supply Scheme
-
14
2
Drinking Wall
-
110
3
Water harvesting Tank
-
532
4
Hand pumps
-
391
5
Check dams
-
171
6
Platforms
-
181
7
Micro lifts
-
127
8
Passenger Shades
-
15
9
Community Halls
-
37
Table VIII (b) Renovations of
1
Wells
-
51
2
Tanks
-
132
3
Checks dams
-
16
Table VIII (c) Distribution of
1
Diesel Pumps
-
202
2
Leaf Plate making machines
-
134
3
Fruit trees
-
81969
4
Solar lamps
-
258
5
Water filters
-
512
Table- IX: Outlay for forest management projects
Sl.
Type of Scheme
No.
Proposed Outlay
(Rs. In lakh)
A
Earmarked
-
B
State Share (CSS/CS)
C
Continuing Schemes (State
D
New Schemes (State)
E
EFC
F
EAP (if any)
G
Other (if any)
295.00
8989.734
114.241
NIL
701.025
NIL
Grand Total
10100.00
GREEN ISSUE
FROM
Table- X: IMPACT OF THE XTH PLAN
TO
1
11787 sq kms dense forests
14057 sq kms.
2
10850 sq kms open forests
8580 sq kms.
3
Mean Annual increment 0.75 m3/ha
1 m3/ha
4
Volume 37.5 m3/ha
45 m3/ha
5
Estimated productions of bamboo 50,000 MT/yrs
80,000 MT/yrs.
6
Water Harvesting Structures - 1000
5000
7
Conventional Planting Stock
Superior Planting stock
8
Low availability of fuel wood and fodder
More availability of fuel wood and fodder
9
Soil and Moisture conditions
better position
10
% of degraded forests 45.96
36.34 %
11
Conventional Information systems
Management Information Systems
12
Traditional cadastral sheets, Toposheets felling Digitized maps
series maps, divisional maps
13
Manual Maintenance of land records
computerized land records.
14
Little data information of forest resources of the good information data
state
15
Non-reclamation of non-forest wastelands
Reclamation of 41860 ha of non-forest
wasteland
16
Poor infrastructure to protect forests
better infrastructure