The Atmosphere Ministry mentioned this displays the success of India's large-scale afforestation and community-led forest safety efforts beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi's management.
Union Atmosphere Minister Bhupender Yadav mentioned India's rise from the tenth to the ninth place marks a “main achievement” in sustainable forest administration and ecological conservation.
The minister mentioned that rising public participation in tree plantation campaigns, notably beneath the ‘Ek Ped Ma Ke Naam' initiative, and large-scale state authorities drives have contributed to this progress.
“Here's a purpose to rejoice for all Indians. Now we have achieved ninth rank when it comes to forest space on the international stage as in comparison with tenth spot within the earlier evaluation. Now we have additionally maintained our third place globally when it comes to annual achieve. World Forest Useful resource Evaluation (GFRA) 2025 has been launched by FAO in Bali,” Yadav posted on X.
The FAO report mentioned the world's complete forest space stands at 4.14 billion hectares, masking 32 per cent of the planet's land.Greater than half (54 per cent) of that is concentrated in simply 5 international locations i.e. Russia, Brazil, Canada, america and China.India follows Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Indonesia, putting it among the many world's high 10 forest-rich nations.
China recorded the very best annual internet achieve in forest space between 2015 and 2025 at 1.69 million hectares per yr, adopted by the Russian Federation with 9,42,000 hectares and India with 1,91,000 hectares.
Different international locations with important forest enlargement embrace Turkiye (1,18,000 ha), Australia (1,05,000 ha), France (95,900 ha), Indonesia (94,100 ha), South Africa (87,600 ha), Canada (82,500 ha) and Vietnam (72,800 ha).
The evaluation confirmed that Asia is the one area to file a rise in forest space between 1990 and 2025, led by positive factors in China and India.
Globally, the annual fee of internet forest loss has been reduce by greater than half, from 10.7 million hectares within the Nineties to 4.12 million hectares throughout 2015-2025.
The FAO mentioned Asia's forest enlargement performed a key function in slowing international deforestation, which stays the very best in South America and Africa.
In response to the report, 20 per cent of the world's forests at the moment are in legally established protected areas, whereas 55 per cent are managed beneath long-term plans.
