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Green cover rises to quarter of India's geographical area
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
India's forest and tree cover now account for 25.17 per cent of its total geographical area, as per the latest India State of Forest Report. The country has added 1,445 sq km of green cover since the last report, with forest cover at 21.76 per cent and tree cover at 3.41 per cent. This incre
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Carbon stock in India increases by 79.4 million tonnes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Carbon stock in India has increased by 79.4 million tonnes as compared to the last assessment of 2019. The annual increase is 39.7 million tonnes, which is 145.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, said Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar
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Study finds logged tropical forests are surprisingly vibrant and need prot
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Logging affects many of the world's tropical forests, and such forests are often considered degraded because they have lost vegetation structure, biomass and carbon stocks. But there has rarely been analysis of whether the ecological health and functionality of these ecosystems are similarly
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Govt focusing on increasing tree cover, carbon stock: Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is focusing on enhancing forest quality and increasing tree cover for maximising carbon stock, said Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar at the States Forest Ministers' Conference held in New Del
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