World Environment Day: Javadekar launches urban forest programme

On the Occasion of World Environment Day,Minister launched the Urban forest programme in 200 corporation cities of India.

We have forests in rural areas but not much in urban areas. In many cities there are 2-3 forests but we need more.therefore ,we have introduced the scheme of urban forests.In cities there are gardens but not forests.We have to create forests so we decided to launch an urban forest programme in 200 corporation cites in India,We will fund it to some extent to compund it and to carry out minimum services there .the minister said.

The minister said that India has been able to preserve 8% of the world’s biodiversity despite contriants. This is no small feat beacuse India has been able to prove that there is a country that can preserve despite constraints . He said that our lifestyle is inextricably linked with nature ,and trees and all species are a part of our life.