World Environment Day: Javadekar announces 'urban forest' program for 200 corporation cities of India

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."