In an alarming development, all the North Eastern States including Assam and barring Mizoram and Tripura, have recorded massive loss of forest cover. The massive depredation of forest has taken a severe toll in Assam as compared to rest of the worst-affected States of the region. The revealations are part of a report which is sixth in a series of biennial reports brought out by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) which gives an account of the forest cover.