HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Iceland Forest area is a land with a minimum area of 0.5 ha, with a minimum 10% crown cover, and minimum height of trees of 5 m at maturity in situ. FOREST EUROPE, UNECE and FAO 2011. National definition: areas with trees higher than 2 m and 10% crown cover are defined as forests in Iceland.

Detailed explanation-2: -In accordance with this goal, the NPP has a target of keeping 33% of land area under forest in India because that percentage is regarded as the minimum required for maintaining the ecological balance in a country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Last updated: 2022-03-31. According to the FAO, Forest is defined as: “land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than. 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It. does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use”.

Detailed explanation-4: -Current forest change definitions (FAO 1998) Deforestation. Refers to change of land cover with depletion of tree crown cover to less than 10 percent.

Detailed explanation-5: -Since the 1952 NFP (National Forest Policy in India), there has been an advocacy for 33% forest cover with a 60% forest cover in mountainous and hilly regions.