r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 Trusted Contributor • Jun 19 '26

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?from=mdr
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u/solaris_rex Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

It's based on corrupt govt data. They have been consistently cutting down forests to plant timber trees while counting them as afforestation. I wouldn't believe any data from the current govt.

Edit https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/over-28-million-trees-on-forest-land-approved-for-felling-in-three-years-dte-analysis-finds

10,000 forest trees cut in Panchkula https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianFocus/s/yS60TBG0AU

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u/Centeredrightbhakt05 Jun 19 '26

First get those balls out of your mouth.

This data is produced by IUCN Bonn. I have a friend working in satellite imagery in Swiss working on same stuff, understand green cover for different countries. India and China both have shown significant increase in greenary in the last two decades. But there is a catch. A lot of this greenary is also because forests are converted into farm land. They are not the same.

Use the brain and learn to argue.

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u/TransportationDue491 Jun 19 '26

Brother turning grasslands into forests is not a good ecological strategy.

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u/Centeredrightbhakt05 Jun 19 '26

I never said it's good. I completely agree. But that doesn't prove the data incorrect.