Good News - India gained around 2.1 million hectares of tropical dry woodland between 2014 and 2024
India is the only country that reached its agreement 5 years before target of the Paris Agreement. Before the BJP government, renewable energy was less than 10% now it's 52%. Because of this, old coal mines are converted back to forest, that's why forest cover increased. By the way, this news is based on a peer-reviewed study in Environmental Research Letters (Govindarajulu et al., 2026) using 30m Landsat satellite data and machine learning confirms it. India recorded a gross gain of ~2.1 million hectares of tropical dry woodland from 2014–2024 (net ~1.8 Mha after ~0.29 Mha loss). Gains tied to large-scale planting, restoration schemes like Green India Mission, and plantations—especially outside government lands. Some native woodland loss occurred in managed/government areas. Official FSI reports also show overall forest & tree cover rising in recent cycles. The satellite analysis adds granular, biome-specific detail.
