India's forest and tree cover has increased by 1,445 square kilometers between 2021 and 2023, according to the biennial India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 unveiled by Union Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav in Dehradun on Saturday.
As compared to assessment of 2021, there is an increase of 1445 sq km in the forest and tree cover of the country which includes 156 sq km increase in the forest cover and 1289 sq km in tree cover.
Minimizing the carbon emission level in the air is the crying need of the hour keeping in view the fact that the Air Quality Index (AQI) of some of cities of Odisha has also reached an alarming proportion
A 10-year-old girl, who was apparently brutally raped, was found abandoned in a serious condition in a forest area in the Myana area in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh.
Edu Gaspar has resigned from his capacity as Arsenal’s Sporting Director. An ‘Invincible’ in his playing days at the North London club, the Brazilian is rumoured to be joining Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis' footballing empire,
Three persons were arrested for allegedly smuggling a pangolin in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, forest officials said on Thursday.
The bottom ranked states in terms of environmental performance are Rajasthan, Nagaland and Bihar.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday tweeted a video informing that 90 square kilometres of forest land were reclaimed over the last two years.
The real issue appears to be competition with invasive slugs, which are found largely in the regenerated woodlands and also have a taste for fatty seed appendages. Slugs often prefer forest edges, and secondary forests may be located closer to habitats that slugs prefer, such as open meadows or active farms,
Governor Anandi Ben Patel and Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Social Welfare Aseem Arun presented mementos made by tribal groups to President Draupadi Murmu.
