-Newsclick.in India's recorded Forest cover stands at 77.53 million ha. The Forest cover on these lands is estimated to be 51.66 million ha- as much as 34% of the area classified as Forests (25.87 million ha) is missing in the assessment. A Down To Earth (DTE) analysis has revealed many holes in the Forest cover estimations of the recently released The India State of Forest Report 2021 (ISFR 2021). As per DTE,...
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India’s ‘missing’ Forests: DTE analysis exposes big gap in latest national Forest survey estimates
-Down to Earth According to a DTE analysis, there are states where over 30-50 per cent of the land classified as Forests is ‘missing’ from the government’s assessment The India State of Forest Report 2021 (ISFR 2021), released recently, has a huge hole in its estimations, according to a new analysis done by Down To Earth. The analysis, which appears as the cover story in the February 16 issue of the magazine,...
More »Millet Mission sets production area target as 1.17 lakh hectares
-DailyPioneer.com Under the ‘Millet Mission’ launched by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister to promote the production of minor millets, the target crop production area for next year (2022-23) has been set at 1.17 lakh hectares. At present the production area covers 69,000 hectares. Holding an Inter-Departmental Coordination Committee virtual meeting on Wednesday, Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain asked the officials to prepare a detailed action plan for increasing the area of production of millets. Apart from...
More »New IPCC report key for India, say experts -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times The highly-anticipated report will assess climate adaptation and the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that is to be released on February 28 will be important for India, experts said, because it focuses on vulnerability and adaptation to climate crisis. The highly-anticipated report will assess climate adaptation and the impacts of...
More »1,750 Indians died due to extreme weather events in 2021, says new IMD report
In the month of January this year, more than 100 homeless persons died (please click here and here to access) in Delhi-NCR due to cold wave like conditions. Although a Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) made that claim, and therefore asked the Chief Minister of Delhi to make proper arrangements for the homeless poor during winters, the officials of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB)...
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