Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the state currently has 10 per cent forest cover, and the aim of the government is to have 16 per cent of forest cover in the state.

Uttar Pradesh's leaders, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, celebrated International Tiger Day by noting the rise in ...

Uttar Pradesh aims for 15% green cover by 2030, transforming villages into 'Green Villages' with community-led Green Chaupals ...

India’s forest and tree cover has risen by 2,261 square kilometers in the last two years with Andhra Pradesh growing the maximum forest cover of 647 square kilometers, according to the India ...

This includes a forest cover increase of 156 km2 (60 mi2, or 0.2%) and a tree cover increase of 1,289 km2 (498 mi2, or 1.16%). But how these numbers account for plantations and forests isn’t clear.

If it seems like forest fires are getting much worse, that’s because they are. The area of trees lost to fires each year is now twice as large as it was in the year 2001.

Gujarat has recorded a notable increase of 241.29 sq kms in tree cover outside notified forest areas, making it a leader in this field across the country, according to the Forest Survey of India (FSI) ...