The India State of Forest Report 2023, released Saturday, said that the country's total forest cover increased from 7,13,789 sq km in 2021 to 7,15,343 sq km in 2023, covering 21.76 per cent of its geographical area.
A forest’s CO2 sink recovers slowly, with the burnt area continuing to release CO2 for several years after wildfires die. This exceeds the amount of CO2 produced from the fire itself.
According to Government claims Delhi has 20 lakh trees and its tree covered area is 300 sq. km -the largest among all metropolitan cities in the country.
Instead of protecting the leopards, hyenas, civets, jackals, nilgai, and other animals, Delhi forest officials are crossing swords with bootleggers. Except, they are doing it with batons and sticks.
Samir Bordoloi’s Assam food forest has brought the elephants back to the jungle by planting bamboo trees. They no longer trample the village rice fields.
The new law will require no federal government clearance for some green areas to be used for eco-tourism facilities, such as building government-owned zoos.
Chaada Raju was stuck for 42 hrs in a crevice between 2 boulders in Singarayapalli forest area. A huge team of cops, forest officials & geologists blasted through rocks to pull him out.
Court exempted Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Vasai-Virar from order mandating buffer zone around protected forests. The satellite town near Mumbai has been seeing real estate boom.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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