In mid-1984, the National Remote Sensing Agency had published two sets of forest cover data, one for the period 1972-75 and another for the period 1980-82. This data shocked the nation because it

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) had sent this analysis based on the data provided by the Forest Survey of India and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to

Protected areas are languishing under pressure from wildlife poachers, timber smugglers and commercial interests

Once dedsion makers have access to the right data they can pinpoint the regions in peril and take remedial action

Source: FAO Forestry Paper 112 & Forest Resources of Tropical Asia, 1981

Source: The State of Forest Report 1993

It was the most polluted city in the US, and now, it is the recipient of the UN Best Practices Award. Chattanoogans have spearheaded this turnaround; they have even chalked out the blueprint for the first ever zero emissions industrial park