Over 80K hectares of forests diverted for infrastructure projects in 5 years: Centre
1 year, 8 months ago

Over 80K hectares of forests diverted for infrastructure projects in 5 years: Centre

Hindustan Times  

Forest area measuring over double the size of Mumbai suburban district was diverted for various infrastructure and development projects in the past five years, the Union environment ministry informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Junior environment minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey told the Upper House that it gave its nod to divert 88,903.80 hectares of forest area, mostly for road projects followed by mining, in the past five years. Choubey also said that very dense and moderately dense forests constitute only 44.33 % of recorded forest area. “As per India State of Forest Report 2021, published by Forest Survey of India, the area under ‘Very Dense Forest’ category is 87,742sq km, while ‘Moderately Dense Forest’ category has an area of 2,39,564 sq km, within the Recorded Forest Area / Green Wash area of digitised RFA/GW boundary, of 7,38,373 square km.

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Formulate plans to arrest rapid forest degradation
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Formulate plans to arrest rapid forest degradation

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India’s forest, tree cover increased to 25.17 per cent in 2023
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India’s forest, tree cover increased to 25.17 per cent in 2023

New Indian Express  

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Increase In Delhi’s Dense Forest Areas A Welcome Sign, Conservation Of Trees Outside Forests Equally Important: Centre Tells High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Increase In Delhi’s Dense Forest Areas A Welcome Sign, Conservation Of Trees Outside Forests Equally Important: Centre Tells High Court

Live Law  

The Union of India has informed Delhi High Court that the increase in denser forest areas in the national capital from the year 2001 to 2021 is a welcome sign and that conversation and protection of trees outside forests is equally important. Referring to India State Forest Report 2021 published by Forest Survey of India, the Central Government has submitted …

Government Data: 554 sq km forest area diverted for non-forestry purposes in last 3 years
2 years, 5 months ago

Government Data: 554 sq km forest area diverted for non-forestry purposes in last 3 years

Firstpost  

The Centre government approved the diversion of 69.47 sq km of forest land for defence projects, 53.44 sq km for hydel projects, 47.40 sq km for laying of transmission lines and 18.99 sq km for railways in the last three years New Delhi: A total of 554.3 square kilometres of forest area in the country has been diverted for non-forestry …

Missing forests: Govt report makes tall claims
2 years, 10 months ago

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The Hindu  

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released the India State of Forest Report 2021 on January 13, and the major highlight of the report was that the total forest cover in the country had increased by 1,540 square kilometres since the last report, which was presented in 2019. The FSI defines forest cover as all land of …

Delhi’s green cover up over 5%, but forest area dips marginally
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi’s green cover up over 5%, but forest area dips marginally

Hindustan Times  

The Capital recorded an increase in its green cover by 17.6sqkm--with 342sqkm of Delhi’s total geographical area of 1,483sqkm now under green cover--according to India State of Forest Report 2021. The report, released on Thursday by Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav, showed while Delhi recorded a slight decrease of 0.44sqkm in its forest cover, it recorded an increase of 18sqkm …

Data | Over 50,000 hectares of forest land in Uttarakhand diverted for various projects in last 30 years
3 years, 10 months ago

Data | Over 50,000 hectares of forest land in Uttarakhand diverted for various projects in last 30 years

The Hindu  

On February 7, flash floods in the Alaknanda river system claimed several lives and swept away two major hydropower projects in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. Uttarakhand diverted over 50,000 hectares of forest land to various development and defence projects in the past 30 years - the fourth highest among all States. The 58,684 hectares of forest area diverted in Uttarakhand in …

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