By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Dehradun, 20 Dec: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav will release the ‘India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023’ in the presence of Minister of State Kirti Vardhan Singh and Secretary Leena Nandan tomorrow at the FRI, here.
The event will be attended by senior officers of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and MoEF & CC organisations, viz., ICFRE, WII, IGNFA, FRI, CASFOS, IRO, BSI, ZSI, etc.
The programme will also be attended by IFS probationers of IGNFA and SFS probationers of CASFOS.
The “India State of Forest Report (ISFR)” is brought out by Forest Survey of India (FSI) on a biennial basis since 1987. The report provides vital information on Forest and Tree resources of the country, based on two major activities viz., Forest Cover Mapping (FCM) and National Forest Inventory (NFI) of FSI. FSI has been publishing the report since 1987 and this report will be the 18th in the series.
