NEW DELHI: India State of Forest Report (ISFR) has announced that the forest cover in Delhi has increased by over 19 square kilometers between the years 2017 and 2019, boosting the total green cover of the city to 21.88 per cent of Delhi’s geographical area. Since 2017, the dense forest cover in the city has increased by 3.03 square kilometers and tree coverage has increased by 16 sq km. The total forest cover of Delhi now stands at 195.44 sq km. The report further highlighted that 6.72 sq km area was covered by very dense forest (VDF), 132.30 sq km under open forest and 56.42 sq km under moderately dense forest (MDF).