But data from the Global Forest Watch (GFW), a private aggregator of global data on forests and data disseminated by the Indian government ... indicate a significant loss of humid primary forests ...

India has lost over 1.6 million hectares of forests in the last 17 years. The total forest cover loss has caused nearly 172 metric tons of carbon emission in India. The north-eastern states of ...

Maharashtra is facing a surge in forest fires, recording 1,245 large incidents this year, a significant increase from last ...