1 CONTENTS Chapters Page Numbers Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures vi Acronyms and Abbreviations viii Executive Summary ix 1

1 CONTENTS Chapters Page Numbers Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures vi Acronyms and Abbreviations viii Executive Summary ix 1. Introduction 1.01 History of Forest Assessment since Independence 1 1.02 Forest Cover and Tree Cover 4 1.03 Forest and Forest Area 5 1.04 New Features in this Report 7 1.05 About this Report 8 2. Forest Cover 2.01 Introduction 9 2.02 Satellite Data and its Period 9 (Extractive summary — verify with official source.)