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."
