{"id":348456,"date":"2025-10-22T17:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=348456"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:16:44","slug":"global-forest-resources-assessment-gfra-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-forest-resources-assessment-gfra-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, the Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025 was released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation\u00a0(FAO) in Bali.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_348480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348480\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-348480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-FAO.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-FAO.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-FAO.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-FAO.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-FAO.jpg?w=874&amp;ssl=1 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; FAO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Released by:<\/strong> Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations<\/li>\n<li><b>Aim: <\/b>To provide reliable data on <strong>forest area, condition, management, and use<\/strong> to guide global forest policy, sustainable management, and conservation efforts.<\/li>\n<li>It evaluates<strong> the status and trends of the world\u2019s forests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Key Findings\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Over 90 percent<\/strong> of the world\u2019s forests are naturally regenerating.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>global rate of deforestation continues to decline<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>net loss of forest area has dropped <\/strong>by more than half compared to the 1990s.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forests span more than 4 billion hectares worldwide, <\/strong>with nearly half located in tropical regions.<\/li>\n<li>Naturally regenerating forests occupy <strong>3.83 billion hectares<\/strong>, accounting for <strong>about 92% of the total global forest area<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary forests constitute nearly one-third of the total global forest area.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The rate of expansion of planted forest areas has slowed down globally.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The world\u2019s total forest growing stock, biomass, and carbon reserves have shown an overall increase.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Key Findings related to India <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>India\u2019s Global Ranking: <\/strong>India has <strong>climbed to the 9th position globally<\/strong> in <strong>total forest area<\/strong>, improving from the <strong>10th position<\/strong> in the previous assessment. This reflects India\u2019s consistent efforts in afforestation and sustainable forest management.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Annual Forest Area Gain: <\/strong>India has <strong>retained its 3rd position worldwide<\/strong> in <strong>annual forest area gain<\/strong>, demonstrating the country\u2019s steady progress in expanding green cover.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Government Initiatives Recognized: <\/strong>The improvement in ranking is attributed to several national initiatives and programmes focused on <strong>forest protection, afforestation, and community participation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Key Contributing Campaigns: <\/strong>The <strong>\u201cEk Ped Ma Ke Naam\u201d<\/strong> campaign has played a major role by inspiring citizens across India to actively participate in <strong>tree plantation and conservation efforts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Community Participation: <\/strong>The GFRA 2025 acknowledges <strong>growing public involvement<\/strong> in forest conservation, emphasizing that <strong>people\u2019s participation<\/strong> is crucial for achieving a greener and more sustainable future.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The improved ranking reinforces India\u2019s <strong>commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-13 and SDG-15)<\/strong> related to climate action and life on land. It also strengthens India\u2019s position as a <strong>global leader in sustainable forest management<\/strong> and climate resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, the Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025 was released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation\u00a0(FAO) in Bali. About Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025 Released by: Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations Aim: To provide reliable data on forest area, condition, management, and use to guide global forest policy, sustainable&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-forest-resources-assessment-gfra-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-348456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}