State of the World’s Trees Report 2021

The recent State of World Tree’s Report underlines that nearly 30% of tree species of the world face a risk of extinction. What are the threats that forests face? Also, discuss the efforts made in India to conserve trees and forests.(150 Words)

Approach:

Introduce by highlighting a fact on status of forest and need to conserve trees to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss
Through a diagram show various ecosystem services provided by the forest and trees.
Elaborate on various threats faced by forest and trees
Discuss efforts made in India in conserving forest like, National Forest Policy, 1988, Our NDC in Paris agreement, Finance commission conditional transfer taking forest cover in the account, etc.
Way Forward / Conclusion

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State of the World’s Trees Report 2021