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India’s State of Forest Report 2021
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently released the State of Forest Report 2021. It is called the ISFR, 2021. The report says that there has been a continuous growth of forest cover in India. The current forest cover of India is 7,13,789 square kilometres. Increase in Forest Cover In the last two ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Afforestation • Agroforestry • Anamalai Tiger Reserve • bamboo forest • bhadra tiger reserve • Buxa Tiger Reserve • Canopy • Carbon Sequestration • carbon stock • Climate change • deforestation • Forest area • Forest cover • Forest Cover India • Forest cover loss • Forest Fires • Forest Fires in India • gir forest • himalayan states • Indian State Forest Report • indravati tiger reserve • kawal tiger reserve • Mangrove • Mangrove forests • Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) • moderately dense forest • open forest • scrubs • Sunderbans • Tiger Corridor • Tiger Reserves • Tiger reserves of India • very dense forest
Green Cover Compensation
While there is no doubt that green cover is essential for human survival and biodiversity on other, it must also be remembered that human activity, even for the most basic needs and a dignified way of living, needs land for sustenance. What happens? The Forest land is one of the few sources of new land ..
Topics: Ecological Protection • Economic development • Forest area • Green Cover • himalayan states
Climate Vulnerability Index for India
Department of Science and Technology has decided to commission a study to assess the climate risks faced by States in India. This decision comes in the backdrop of completion of vulnerability study across 12 Himalayan States. Vulnerability Study by the Himalayan States The study was undertaken in the 12 Himalayan states viz. Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Arunachal Pradesh • Assam • Climate Vulnerability Index • Department of Science and Technology • Himachal Pradesh • himalayan states • Jammu and Kashmir • Manipur • Meghalaya • MGNREGA • Mizoram • Nagaland • Sikkim • Tripura • Uttarakhand • West Bengal