Forest dept plans a plantation feat in Bundelkhand

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Forest dept plans a plantation feat in Bundelkhand [1]

10 Crore Saplings To Be Planted To Check Desertification

Lucknow: Drought-prone Bundelkhand will now get 10 crore saplings from government's kitty. In what could be the biggest plantation target set forth ever for a region, the July 1 GO aims at improving the green cover of seven districts of the region, supposedly driven by a thought that increase in green cover would check desertification and groundwater depletion.

Publication Date:

23/07/2008

Source: Times of India (Lucknow) [2]

Tags:

Forests [3], Drought Prone Areas [4], Plantation Crops [5], Uttar Pradesh [6]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/forest-dept-plans-plantation-feat-bundelkhand

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-lucknow
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-prone-areas
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plantation-crops
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh