r/UpliftingNews • u/nikulmmadhu • 19h ago

India restores 21.76 million hectares of deforested land, nears 84 per cent of Bonn Challenge target

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-restores-21-76-million-hectares-of-deforested-land-nears-84-per-cent-of-bonn-challenge-target/articleshow/131794331.cms
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u/Air320 13h ago

Indian government changed the definition of what counts as reforested land. As long as there's no man made structure, it counts as reforested even if there's been no new trees planted. And there are no new trees planted.

This is only on paper.

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u/Ok_Coconut_8499 12h ago

Not really. Stop making BS because of your political agenda. There are multiple definitions based on what type of cover it is.

Here are the actual definitions.

Forest Cover: defined as all lands, more than one hectare in area, with a tree canopy density of more than 10%. Such lands may or may not be statutorily notified as forest area which is the area recorded as a forest in the Government records. It is also referred to as "Recorded Forest Area". Forest Cover includes all cultivated tree plantations or orchards with an area of more than one hectare.

  • Very Dense Forest: All lands, with a forest cover with a canopy density of 70% and above. It covers nearly 3.04% of the country's area in 2021.
  • Moderately Dense Forest: All lands, with a forest cover with a canopy density of 40-70 %. It covers nearly 9.33% of the country's area in 2021.
  • Open Forest: All lands, with forest cover with a canopy density of 10 to 40%. It covers nearly 9.34% of the country's area in 2021.
  • Scrub Cover: All lands, generally in and around forest areas, having bushes and or poor tree growth, chiefly small or stunted trees with canopy density less than 10%.It covers nearly 1.42% of the country's area in 2021.
  • Non-Forest Land: defined as lands without any forest cover. It covers nearly 76.87% of the country's area in 2021.

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u/Air320 11h ago

Come on bro, don't spend your tokens so easily. They're expensive.😂

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u/ApartmentRight1873 8h ago

Stop spreading fake news sepoy