TNPSC Thervupettagam

Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020

July 28 , 2020 1455 days 818 0
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recently released this report.
  • The FAO brings out the report once in every five years.
  • According to the report, India is ranked third among top 10 countries where forest cover has increased in the last decade.
  • China is ranked at the top.
  • The forest area managed by local, indigenous communities and tribal in India increased from zero in 1990 to about 25 million hectares in 2015.
  • As per the report, the world has a 31% forest area of the total land area.
  • Russia has a maximum forest area accounting 20% of global forest area followed by Brazil & Canada.

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