Table 914 Land Use Pattern tand Use Types ren (in 000" ha) Percentage Total Geographic area Reporting area for land ullzation 70000 Forests 38 NNotavaiabe Ya land elation nas Permanent pastures and other grating lands 12 {and under msc. woe crops and groves 100 Cunurabie wasteland 2s Fallow land other than current allows oy Current faliows er es Sure: Lo se Stes Wins fale, GO, 2% DS Forest Cover ‘Based on interpretation of satelite data pertaining to Oct = Dec 2015 the Forest Cover inthe States 28,147 sq kr, whichs 17.27% ofthe State's geographical area. tn terms of forest canopy density ‘asses, the state has 1,957 sq km under Very Danse Forest, 14,051 sqm under Moderately Dense Forest and 12,139 sqm under Opon Forest,ae Forest cover 75.86% of Andhra Pradesh Pe chart shoing forest ‘over of Prada 120% IH Non forest MH Servo Opan Forest MMod, Oense forest Mery Dense Forest DZ Forest Cover within and outside Recorded Forest Area ‘The recorded forest area of the state is 37,258 sq kr which s 22.86% ofthe state's geographical area ‘The Reserved, Protected and Unclassed forests are 85.784.13.60% and Q62% respectively ofthe recorded forest area. However, asthe dgtized boundary of recorded forest area fom the tate covers 37,9209 km the anasisof forest cover within and outsie tis area is depicted below. ee Forest Cova within Recorded Forest Avea (rea ina kn) ‘very Dense Forest (VOR) Moderately Dense Forest (MDF) 5052 (pen Forest (OF) 368 Total mms Forest Cover outside Recorded Forest Area ‘ery Dense Forest Moderately Dense Forest ‘Open Forest ‘Total Tota Forest Cover ‘Tree Cover Total Forest & Tree Gover Of state's Geographical rea finds Forest & Tee Cover or caplta Forest & Tree Cover rat ences Sonn es 2dee Forest cover IM Open Forest I Mod. DensoForest Ml Very Dense Forest Potent renin Alitude Zone (mm) Geographical Area OF MOF OF Total e500 135m 1081 3355 aust 7900 00-1000 0 oa Sz 3338 982 +ee0-2000 2,099 ~ 2m 350 75 ‘otal “82968 19597 W051 9 280 ‘aod co Sr, ipl Beaton Wea) Table 914 So. Patch Size Range (ea km) no.of Patches Area sq kn) age ¥ soorsio 00 125 506 2 >usw ou a8 on 3 > 05100 a 4083 ea “ > 1005 500 8 3783 nat 5 30 = 1000 3 2467 876 6 1000 5000 2 3597 25 x > 5000 s 10000 2 1578 a8 “otal sez10 20307 100 143