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International Day of Forests

21 March
Forest products play vital role
of our daily lives in many ways,
providing us shelter, water,
food, fuel security and
livelihoods to 1.6 billion people.
Home to 80% of the world’s
terrestrial biodiversity, forests
also act as

buffer in natural disasters

habitat to more than half of the


world’s land-based species
BUT..
25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions

Each year approximately 12 million


hectares of forests are destroyed
resulting in 25 percent of global
greenhouse gas emissions.
This deforestation also
undermines efforts to build
resilience to climate impacts
and threaten forest dwelling
communities
UN says Ethiopia's forest
coverage declined from 35% of
total land in the early 20th
Century to a little above 4% in
the 2000s.
To recover, Ethiopia planted more than 350
million trees in a day, also forming a world
record.
45-year-old Moirangthem Loiya from
Manipur planted a 300-acre forest near
Imphal. Protecting nature & fighting
pollution.
Jadav Payeng, known as the Forest Man
of India, spent 30 years of his life planting
trees to save his island, creating a forest
and restoring wildlife in it. life planting
trees to save his island, creating a forest
and restoring wildlife in it.
Under Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana, the
government aims improve
irrigation & farm productivity.
This will also ensure better
utilization of the resources in
the country.
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Radhakrishnan, the founding president of


Umargam Apparel Welfare Association in
Gujarat, planted 40 forests across 7 states.
Forests are essential for the
survival and thus considered as
the roots of all living.
So, this International Day Of
Forests don’t destroy the
greenery and don’t spoil the
scenery.
Save mother earth

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