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