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There has been a slow but steady deforestation in the state converting areas categorised as moderately dense forest (MDF) into open forest (OF). Moderately dense forest is defined as areas where the tree density is 40% or more but less than 70%, while open forest are those land with a tree density of 10% or but less than 40%.  According to the recently released India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013, while there has not been any cumulative significant loss in forest area in the state as compared with figures of 2011 but about 24 sq km of MDF has got converted into 23 sq km OF with a loss of 1 sq km of forested land. The report was released last month.

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