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Decrease in forest cover in West Bengal

The environment department of West Bengal filed its report on forest cover in the state on April 21, 2026, in compliance with the August 7, 2025 direction of the National Green Tribunal to all states and Union territories to file responses and status reports with complete information regarding forest and tree cover.

It stated that the Forest Survey of India adopted geographic information system (GIS) mapping along with remote sensing and publishes the India State Forest Report every two years.

Likewise, the GIS cell in t...