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How dense is India's forest cover, really? To critics, new data hides more than tells
The Forest Survey of India's 18th biennial India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023, released on December 21, says 21.76 per cent of the country's landmass is made up of forests, an alarming ...
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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
India has lost over 1.6 million hectares of forests in the last 17 years. The total forest cover loss has caused nearly 172 metric tons of carbon emission in India. The north-eastern states of ...
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Goa’s forest cover down by 150 hectare in 2 years
Panaji: Over just two years from 2021 to 2023, Goa’s total forest cover came down by 1.50sqkm or 150ha, as per the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 released by the Union environment ...
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California’s wildfire tragedy: A wake-up call for India’s forest fire management
To address these emerging challenges, India must overhaul its forest fire management strategies, drawing on lessons from global experiences like California’s recent tragedy. India’s forest ...