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Restoring India's Degraded Forests
India restores degraded forest and farm land through the Green India Mission, its Bonn Challenge pledge of 26 million hectares by 2030 and programmes such as Nagar Van Yojana and the Aravalli Green Wall. It is in the news because India set out its restoration record at the 28th session of FAO's Committee on Forestry in Rome in September 2026.
Last updated 29 September 20265 min read
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Adds India's COFO 28 statement: Bonn Challenge progress, forest and tree cover, FAO ranks and flagship programmes; rebuilds the card around its restoration core.
- Green India Mission
- Nagar Van Yojana
- invasive alien species
- Forest Survey of India
- CAMPA
- National Working Plan Code 2023
- eco-restoration
- MoEFCC
- Bonn Challenge
- COFO 28
- Aravalli Green Wall
- forest and tree cover
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