KATHMANDU, July 22: President Ramchandra Paudel has unveiled the 'National Land Cover Map 2020/2022' at the President House, Shital Niwas today.
The land cover map published by the Forest Research and Training Centre under the Ministry of Forests and Environment was handed to the President by the Centre's director Dr Rajendra KC.
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On that occasion, President Paudel said that the forest cover should be maintained in the field as it is on the map and paper. He emphasized the need to adopt all kinds of measures to protect the forest from deforestation and to earn from the forest.
According to the land cover map, the forest area in the country covers 46.08 percent of the total land , while it is 58.62 percent in Bagmati Province.
