India aims to restore 26 million hectares of deforested land: Environment Minister Javadekar

37

At the UN Biodiversity Summit, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that India's goal is to restore 26 million hectares of degraded and deforested land and achieve land-degradation neutrality by 2030. This is a goal that reflects our ambition.

Javadekar said the emergence of the corona has emphasized the fact that uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources is linked to the consumption and consumption pattern of foods leading to the destruction of systems that support human life.