Forest Survey Report 2021: 11 states have lost forest cover; 21 have lost good forests
India’s forest cover has increased by just 1,540 sq km in two years, mostly due to plantation and agroforestry
Phasi wood for Jagannath chariot this year entirely from private lands; forest loss, climate change affecting natural supply
Phasi and Dhaura trees take 50-100 years to mature; this poses a challenge to the annual construction of chariots in the Puri Jagannath Yatra
Grabbing land for green cover
Why increase in global tree cover does not call for celebration
Much of it could be due to the increase in planted forests, which are more vulnerable to extreme climatic events
Extreme weather, land-use change drive animal movement
A recent study says that land-use change interacts with climate to determine species redistribution
Paper forests: India’s missing stretches of green
The most bad news is what the biennial forest survey report leaves unsaid
Half of global cropland expansion replaced natural vegetation and tree cover: Study
The largest cropland expansion was observed in Africa which was 34 per cent
Technique developed in Kenya offers a refined way to map tree cover
A new approach to monitor changes to the earth's surface uses maps that consist of physical and human geographic data to explain what's changed
Ireland has lost almost all of its native forests — here’s how to bring them back
Around 80% of the island of Ireland was once green
North East India saw largest share of the country's tree cover loss : Study
Assam contributed over 14% to India’s overall decrease in forest area — the highest for any state
Tree rings can predict climate change
Researchers present papers that show impact of climate change on trees at the ongoing 6th Asian Dendrochronology Conference
Achieving targeted sequestration from green cover seems impossible
India cannot achieve this Paris Agreement target without political commitment at both central and state government levels
Myanmar will import timber to save its own forests
The resource-rich country has lost 10 million hectares of forest cover since 1990
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Ominous signs
Missing: One-third of India’s recorded forests
25.87 million hectares: That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. Does this land exist? Is it …
India’s forest cover increased during 2019-2021. Is it really as good as it sounds?
Moderately dense forests declined between 2021 and 2019. In 2021-2011, the country lost 4.3% of area under moderately dense forests
Over 57k hectares of forest land diverted in Odisha, says new report
Most of the forest land (28,409 hectares) was diverted for 186 mining projects
Outbreak of infectious diseases linked to change in forest cover, finds study
Outbreaks of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases linked to deforestation increased between 1990 and 2016
Nasa satellite imagery finds tremendous changes in Amazon in last 40 years
The scale of losses in forests land, increase in pasture land, shift in land use policy driven by economic forces are seen nowhere else in the world
Shrinking cover
Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate the world-over, says a recent study
Missing forests: A third of recorded forest area not assessed in latest govt survey
India has a forest cover of 77.53 million ha. But recorded forests—the area under the forest department— with forest cover are only 51.…
Climate change may reduce carbon dioxide uptake by forests: Study
Tree growth in Arizona will decline 22-117% under future climatic conditions