Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar announced 'urban forest' program on World Environment Day.

Javadekar said, "India has been able to preserve 8 percent of world's biodiversity.

This is no small feat.

India has been able to prove that here is a country that can preserve despite constraints.

We have decided to launch 'urban forest' program in 200 corporation cities of India.

I appeal to all city corporations to map the forest land and degraded land in cities and if that is reserved for creating urban forests, then, it will become a people's movement."