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Forest Cover of Mizoram, 2017-18 and 2019-20: (Sq.km)

Sl. No.	Forest Type	2017-18 (ISFR 2019)	2019-20 (ISFR 2021)
1	Very Dense Forest	157.05	156.79
2	Moderately Dense Forest	5800.75	5715.24
3	Open Forest	12,047.71	11947.97
4	Total Forest Covered	18,005.51	17820.00
5	Tree Cover	441	444.00
6	Total Forest & Tree Cover	18,446.51	18264.00
7	Percentage Forest Coverof State's Geographical Area	85.41	84.53
8	Percentage Forest Cover of India's Geographical Area	21.67	21.71
9	Per Capita Forest & Tree Cover (Ha.)	1.68	1.67

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2022

District-wise Forest Cover in Mizoram:

(Area in Sq.km.)

District/ State	Calculated Area by SoI	2023 Assessment				% of Calculated Area by SoI	Change w.r.t. 2021 Raster based*	Scrub
District/ State	Calculated Area by SoI	Very Dense Forest	Mod. Dense Forest	Open Forest	Total	% of Calculated Area by SoI	Change w.r.t. 2021 Raster based*	Scrub
Aizawl	2,213.50	15.09	917.38	967.42	1,899.89	85.83	-33.64	13.89
Champhai	1,652.50	42.95	915.45	415.98	1,374.38	83.17	86.69	68.24
Hnahthial	851.50	0.00	372.14	363.32	735.46	86.37	114.67	12.62
Khawzawl	1,088.25	9.03	489.22	324.92	823.17	75.64	12.89	49.75
Kolasib	1,492.50	1.32	636.15	640.45	1,277.92	85.62	-37.58	2.68
Lawngtlai	2,424.75	78.44	781.73	1,081.75	1,941.92	80.09	50.17	25.51
Lunglei	3,685.25	30.32	1,263.70	1,964.41	3,258.43	88.42	-30.66	27.77
Mamit	3,048.25	50.07	1,176.17	1,495.81	2,722.05	89.30	-21.96	32.11
Saitual	1,651.25	17.10	729.86	612.81	1,359.77	82.35	-17.56	60.92
Serchhip	1,443.75	16.71	589.59	603.07	1,209.37	83.77	14.17	10.18
Siaha	1,529.50	0.49	764.37	623.24	1,388.10	90.76	104.54	10.87
Grand Total	21,081.00	261.52	8,635.76	9,093.18	17,990.46	85.34	241.73	314.54
District/ State	Geographical Area (GA)	2021 Assessment				% of GA	Change wrt 2019 Assessment	Scrub
District/ State	Geographical Area (GA)	Very Dense Forest	Mod. Dense Forest	Open Forest	Total	% of GA	Change wrt 2019 Assessment	Scrub
Aizawl	3576	30.30	1062.67	1971.90	3064.87	85.71	-14.04	0.03
Champhai	3185	55.36	942.90	1375.63	2373.89	74.53	-113.9	0.11
Kolasib	1382	1.24	166.28	983.88	1151.40	83.31	-1.15	0.00
Lawngtlai	2557	0.00	700.93	1479.99	2180.92	85.29	19.16	0.07
Lunglei	4536	0.99	1187.08	2825.85	4013.92	88.49	-8.25	0.69
Mamit	3025	52.02	756.74	1909.94	2718.70	89.87	1.83	0.00
Saiha	1399	0.00	543.88	628.98	1172.86	83.84	-12.63	0.00
Serchhip	1421	16.88	354.76	771.80	1143.44	80.47	-18.21	0.00
Grand Total	21081	156.79	5715.24	11947.97	17820.00	84.53	-185.51	0.90
District/ State	Geographical Area (GA)	2019 Assessment				% of GA	Change wrt 2017 Assessment	Scrub
District/ State	Geographical Area (GA)	Very Dense Forest	Mod. Dense Forest	Open Forest	Total	% of GA	Change wrt 2017 Assessment	Scrub
Aizawl	3,576	30.30	1,071.37	1,977.24	3,078.91	86.10	-15.09	0.03
Champhai	3,185	55.62	1,003.68	1,428.49	2,487.79	78.09	-115.21	0.11
Kolasib	1,382	1.24	168.37	982.94	1,152.55	83.40	-29.45	0.00
Lawngtlai	2,557	0.00	703.59	1,496.49	2,200.08	86.04	-21.92	0.07
Lunglei	4,536	0.99	1,190.13	2,831.05	4,022.17	88.67	0.17	0.69
Mamit	3,025	52.02	757.80	1,907.05	2,716.87	89.81	16.87	0.00
Saiha	1,399	0.00	545.11	640.38	1,185.49	84.74	-19.51	0.00
Serchhip	1,421	16.88	360.70	784.07	1,161.65	81.75	3.65	0.00
Grand Total	21,081	157.05	5,800.75	12,047.71	18,005.51	85.41	-180.49	0.90

*Area figure calculated without normalization factor.

Source: Indian State Forest Report, 2019, 2021 and 2023

Area under Various Category of Reserved Forests in Mizoram, 2017 and 2019:

Forest Category	2017 Area (Sq.Km)	2019 Area (Sq.Km)
State Owned
Riverine Reserved Forest	1,832.50	1,832.50
Inner line Reserved Forest	570.00	570.00
Roadside Reserved Forest	97.20	97.20
Other Reserved Forests	1,886.09	1,886.09
Wildlife Protected Areas	1,728.75	1,728.75
Total of A	6,114.54	6,114.54
District Councils Forests
Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC)
Safety Reserve	78.00	78.00
Protected Reserve	70.00	70.00
Station Reserve	44.00	44.00
Supply Reserve	145.00	145.00
Roadside Reserve	27.00	27.00
Revenue Reserve	612.00	612.00
Total LADC	976.00	976.00
Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC)
Safety Reserve	102.00	102.00
Supply Reserve	115.00	115.00
Total MADC	217.00	217.00
Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC)
Safety Reserve	465.00	465.00
Supply Reserve	904.00	904.00
Total CADC	1,369.00	1,369.00
Total of District Councils	2,562.00	2,562.00

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2022

Forest Produce in Mizoram, 2020-21 and 2021-22:

Sl.No.	Items	Unit	Quantity Extracted
Sl.No.	Items	Unit	2020-21	2021-22
A	Wood
1	Teak	CuM	CuM	0.00	0.00
2	Sawn Timber	CuM	CuM	2,896.12	9,863.22
3	Firewood	CuM	CuM	1,654.31	6,173.11
4	Hardwood/Round Timber	Nos.	CuM	1077.289	658.26
5	Poles	Nos.	Nos.	1,926	2,984.00
6	Charcoal	Qtls.	Qtls	32,563.93	42,981.00
B	Non-Wood
1	Bamboo	Nos.	Nos.	3,71,575	13,50,048
2	Boulder	CuM	CuM	1,382.8	6,993.92
3	Stone	CuM	CuM	85.00	2,372.0
4	Sand	CuM	CuM	4,702.66	1,00,867.13
5	Cane	Rm	Rm	6,250	31,400
6	Gravel	CuM	CuM	837	1,07,158.76
7	Broomstick	Qtls.	Qtls.	478.47	28,210.05
8	Anchiri	Qtls.	Qtls.	141.78	4,219.00

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2022

Division-wise Quantity of Forest Produce in Mizoram, 2020-21 and 2022-23:

Division	Round Timber (Cu.M)	Sawn Timber (Cu.M)	Fire-Wood (Cu.M)	Bamboo ('000 Nos.)	Broom-stick (Qntls.)
2022-23
Mamit	56.97	7378.08	154.50	327,976	5501.50
Kolasib	725.27	7934.83	21.31	260,064	21198.00
Aizawl	0.00	663.42	257.67	134,437	581.00
Champhai	0.00	327.27	1058.00	0.00	244.00
Serchhip	52.29	406.26	777.80	3,518	6203.00
Lunglei	56.92	1914.72	465.40	129,720	3742.00
Lawngtlai	0.00	58.08	0.00	0.00	0.00
Siaha	0.00	0.000	0.00	0.00	0.00
Saitual	0.00	0.000	0.00	0.00	0.00
Khawzawl	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Hnahthial	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	891.45	18,682.66	2,734.68	855,715	37,469.50
Division	Round Timber (Cu.M)	Sawn Timber (Cu.M)	Fire-Wood (Cu.M)	Bamboo ('000 Nos.)	Broomstick (Qntls.)
2020-21
Kolasib	3.96	875.40	17.30	90.00	1898.35
Mamit	0.00	523.53	14.88	392.00	202.87
Kawrthah	1073.54	108.60	0.00	204.00	600.85
Darlawn	0.00	112.23	10.57	0.83	165.74
Aizawl	176.21	345.88	198.26	195.00	13.10
Champhai	0.00	592.54	749.78	3.00	9.42
Thenzawl	1.27	464.61	55.39	7.00	548.86
Lunglei	0.00	341.68	140.40	78.00	227.14
Tlabung	23.75	127.96	18.95	18.00	2315.00
N.Vanlaiphai	0.00	72.484	886.41	2.0	0.77
Aizawl (WL)	0.00	24.485	0.00	0.00	0.00
Khawzawl	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Chhimtuipui	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	1,278.72	3,589.38	2,091.94	990	5,982.10

Source: Statistical Abstract of Mizoram 2021 and 2023

Forest Protected Area:

Sl. No.	Name of Protected Area	Area (Sq. Km.)	Final Notified Year
A	Wildlife Sanctuaries
1	Ngengpui Wildlife	110	22.07.1997
2	Khawnglung Wildlife	35.75	12.10.2000
3	Lengteng Wildlife	60	31.305.2002
4	Tawi Wildlife	35	16.11.2001
5	Thorangtlang	50	23.04.2002
6	Pualreng	50	29.07.2004
B	National Park
1	Murlen	100	24.01.2003
2	Phawngpui	50	22.07.1997
3	Dampa Tiger Reserved	500	07.12.1994

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram, 2022

Illegal Seizure of Forest Products, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2020-21 and 2021-22:

Sl. No.	Items	Unit	2016-17		2017-18		2020-21		2021-22
Sl. No.	Items	Unit	Quantity	Revenue (in Rs.)	Quantity	Revenue (in Rs.)	Quantity	Revenue (in Rs.)	Quantity	Revenue (in Rs.)
1	Round Timber/ Hardwood	CuM	40630	192641	1077	3220965	242	706026
2	Sawn Timber	CuM	1837	5556295	2507	3782233	2896	9094623	9507	17358393
3	Firewood	CuM	1341	179562	1164	186107	1654	287860	1753	253197
4	Poles	Nos.	3021	128359	1231	23322	1926	23113	1239	19058
5	Charcoal	Qtls.	5749	164416	7936	275939	32564	1172302	42786	1157464
6	Bamboo	Nos.	147981	575716	65372	629651	371575	743150	34715	625072
7	Sand	CuM	1715	81690	164	8060	4749	310160	172	10320
8	Stone	CuM	-	-	2250	81174	85	6000	1100	66000
9	Hardwood	CuM	-	-	-	-	1	1990	193	2962
10	Broomstick	Qtls.	19.3	156914	734	81150	478	334940	493	108684
11	Teak Log	LS	8	60000	-	-	0	0	0	0
12	Anchiri	Kg	16717	679854	1571	111228	142	170140	120	32800
13	Auction sale of Teak Log, Round Timber, Sawn Timber	LS	-	8985067	-	1786027	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Others	LS	-	238995	-	19710	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total		17106868	7177242	417148	15365243	92320	20339976

LS=Lumpsum

(-) Nil

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2018 and 2022

Abstract of Wildlife Offence Cases, 2017-18 and 2021-22:

2021-22
No. of Forest Divisions	No. of Cases	No. of Persons involved	No. of places of occurrence	No. of Compounded Cases	No. of Cases Filed in Court	No. of Cases disposed by the Court	Amount recovered/ realized as Compounded (in Rs.)
15	4	8	3	3	1	0	6,000.00
2017-18
No. of Forest Divisions	No. of Cases	No. of Persons involved	No. of Places of occurrence	No. of Compounded Cases	No. of cases Filed in Court	No. of Cases disposed by the Court	Amount recovered/ Realized as Compounded (in Rs.)
14	11	17	14	7	4	-	16300

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram, 2018 and 2022

Abstract of Forest Offence Cases, 2021-22:

No. of Persons involved	No. of Unknown persons	No. of Cases	No. of Compounded Cases	No. of Cases Filed in Court	No. of Cases Disposed by the Court	No. of Cases Pending in Court	No. of Confiscated Cases
1426	4	1422	1426	0	0	0	0

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram, 2022

Abstract of Forest Offence Cases, 2017-18:

No. of Persons involved	No. of Unknown persons	No. of Cases	No. of Compounded Cases	No. of Cases Filed in Court	No. of Cases disposed by the Court	No. of Cases pending in Court	No. of confiscated Cases	Money realized (in Rs.)
1035	4	1042	1043	3	-	1	-	3302055

(-) Nil

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2018

Recorded Forest Area of Mizoram (Sq.km), 2017-18 and 2019-20:

Forest Category	2017-18 (ISFR 2019)	2019-20 (ISFR 2021)
Total Recorded Forest Areas
a) Reserved Forests	4,483	4,499
b) Protected Forests	0	1,823
c) Unclassed Forests	1,158	1,157
Total	5,641	7,479
Percentage of RFA to State's Geographic Area	26.76	35.48
Percentage of RFA to India's Forest Area	23.34	23.58
Growing Stock in Recorded Forest Area (Million CuM)	21.30	21.30
Growing Stock in Trees Outside Forest (Million CuM)	44.11	46.05

Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram, 2022

Forest and Tree Resources in State of Mizoram (India State of Forest Report 2023:

Forest and Tree Resources in State of Mizoram (India State of Forest Report 2021:

Forest and Tree Resources in State of Mizoram (India State of Forest Report 2019:

Forest and Tree Resources in State of Mizoram (India State of Forest Report 2017:

Forest and Tree Resources in State of Mizoram (India State of Forest Report 2015:

Forest and Tree Resources in State of Mizoram (India State of Forest Report 2013:

Forest and Tree Resources in State of Mizoram (India State of Forest Report 2011: