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India has achieved a significant milestone in global environmental conservation, rising to position 9 in terms of total forest area globally, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Bali.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, informed about this development in a social media post on ‘X’.

In the previous assessment, India was ranked at number 10. The country has also maintained its number 3 position worldwide in terms of annual forest area gain, reaffirming its commitment to sustainable forest management and ecological balance, the Minister informed.

Yadav noted that this remarkable progress underscores the success of the Government of India’s policies a

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