Question

Percentage of land under forests in India is
A. 23%
B. 17%
C. 33%
D. 13%

Answer 1

Hint: An area of land that is dominated by the trees is called a forest. Forests are distributed all around the globe and are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the Earth. Different types of forest are seen at different altitudes and elevations of the earth

Complete answer: 75% of the gross primary production of Earth’s biosphere is formed by the forest. Forests contain 80% of the Earth’s biomass. 31% of the land is covered by the forests in the whole world. In India, about 18 to 24% of the land is covered by the forest. The land under forest cover in India is about 6,77,088 square kilometres. At the beginning of the 20th century, the land covered by forest in India was about 30%. The Forest Survey of India in the year 2013 stated that the land under forest cover increased by 69.8 million hectares by the year 2012. The forest system is one of the ecosystems which is involved in maintaining the balance of nature and life forms on the earth. A community which consists of living organisms and nonliving things which interacts as a system is called an ecosystem. Various processes such as primary production, energy flow, decomposition, and nutrient cycling are important for maintaining the balance of the ecosystem.
So, option A is the correct answer.

Note: Forest land consists of many species of organisms and other components. These components can be classified as biotic components and abiotic components. Biotic components refer to living things. whereas abiotic components refer to non-living things.