- India has moved up to the 9th position in terms of total forest area globally, as per the Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Bali.
- Globally, forests cover 4.14 billion hectares, accounting for about 32% of total land area, translating to 0.5 hectares of forest per person.
- Russia has the largest forest cover followed by Brazil, Canada, the USA, China, Congo, Australia, Indonesia, India and Peru.
- The report highlights that global deforestation has slowed in the past decade.
- However the world continues to lose 10.9 million hectares of forest every year (2015–2025), a rate still considered alarmingly high. Read More
India Moves up to 9th Position Globally in Forest Area
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