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DENR to increase country’s forest cover by additional 3 million hectares by 2028
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources says it is targeting to further increase the country’s forest cover by an additional 3 million hectares by 2028.
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Countries With Maximum Forest Cover
Russia has the largest forest area in the world, with over 800 million hectares. This is about a fifth of the world's forests ...
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U.P’s forest cover up by 559 sq km, 2nd highest growth in country
Uttar Pradesh ranked second among states where the forest and tree cover have gone up, as per India State of Forest Report (ISFR)-2023 released by Union minister for environment, forest and ...
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Saving – and regrowing – what’s left of our forest cover
Over the last eight decades, the country has lost about 60–70 percent of its forest cover due to logging, mining, population growth, and other man-made factors. However, according to the country ...
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India’s forest surveys conceal a deep institutional failure
Every two years, the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) produced by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is released with much fanfare by the government, each time showing an infinitesimal increase in ...
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India lost more than a million hectares of forest cover in 17 years — that’s more than four times the size of Goa
On the flipside, according to ‘State of the Forest Report,' total forest cover in India is nearly 22% of the country’s geographical area, and has been gradually increasing over these years ...
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Kenya‘s goal of achieving 10 per cent forest cover gains momentum
report says the country should plant at least 2 billion tree seedlings in order to reach the expected 10 percent forest cover by 2022.Currently the forest cover stands at 7.2 percent as stated by ...
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NGT takes cognisance of declining forest cover in N-E states, asks Assam, Arunachal, Tripura and Mizoram to submit detailed reports
Maharashtra government will use GPS and satellite mapping technology to monitor and maintain forest cover. (Representational image)Maharashtra government will use GPS and satellite mapping ...
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NGT takes cognisance of declining forest cover in N-E states, asks Assam, Arunachal, Tripura and Mizoram to submit detailed reports
Guwahati: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of declining forest cover in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram and summoned the principal chief conservators ...