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Forest Cover in India Context
Context
India is lagging behind in the targets to increase the number and quality of tree- and forest-cover plantations set in the Green India Mission, according to data accessed via the Right To Information Act.
The numbers
- From 2015-16 to 2021-22, the Centre - based on submissions from 17 States - had approved a target of increasing tree/forest cover by 53,377 hectares and improving the quality of degraded forest by 1,66,656 ha.
- As per the Environment Ministry tree/forest cover had increased by 26,287 hectares and forest quality improved in only 1,02,096 hectares as of December 31, 2022.
- For executing these projects, the Centre had allocated ?681 crore but only ?525 crore had been utilised.
- States with significant shortfall in tree cover include
- Andhra Pradesh, with a target of 186 ha but having only achieved 75 ha
- Uttarakhand with a target of 6,446 ha but only 1,505 ha achieved
- Madhya Pradesh targeting 5,858 ha but delivering 1,882 ha
- Kerala committing 1,686 ha but furnishing 616 ha
- Punjab, unusually committed to 629 ha but having delivered 1,082 ha
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India State of Forest Report-2021
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India’s Target to increase forest cover
- National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
- It aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India’s forest cover and responding to climate change.
- The target under the Mission is 10 million hectares (Mha) on forest and non-forest lands for increasing the forest/tree cover and to improve the quality of existing forest.
Need to improve tree cover
- Improving tree cover is critical to sequester carbon and bolster India’s carbon stocks as part of its international commitments to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
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