Clarifying on the reported loss of 499 sq km forest cover of Manipur as per the report published in the biennial Indian State of Forest Report ISFR 2019 by the Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi on December 30 last year, Forest and Environment Minister Thounaojam Shyamkumar has claimed that the data interpretation period for Manipur in the biennial ISFR 2019 is from October 2017 to February 2018 but the status indicated in the report mainly belongs to the survey conducted in the period 2016 17 Source The Sangai Express DIPR
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