The vegetation map of India 15 presents precise and reliable assessment of the vegetation types in the country. However, it does not provide the latest estimates of forest cover in these hotspots.

The study was conducted using the Forest Survey of India vegetation maps for 1985–87, prepared using Landsat TM data and IRS LISS III imagery for 2005. The results reveal loss of dense forest at an ...

India's Thar desert has seen a 38 per cent rise in vegetation and a significant 64 per cent gain in rainfall over the past two decades, defying a global drift of drylands towards greater aridity under ...