Results on the Ground

According to a World Bank study, Unlocking Opportunities for Forest-Dependent People in India, India’s income from forests could rise ten-fold from US$222 million to US$2 billion per annum by 2020. Rural poverty can be reduced and forests conserved if local communities are given more rights to manage and use forest resources. There are vast potentials for poverty reduction and rural economic growth in the country through community-based forestry while also supporting critical national conservative goals.

Watch a Multimedia Report Summary on Forest Reform in India

Resources on Forestery and India

• - Forestry Data for India
• - Poverty at a glance in India
• - Data and Statistics on India

More Numbers from “Data of the Week”

• 10% of rural households in Sri Lanka have access to tap water.
• 1.25 million hectares of land had been left completely barren due to sodification in Uttar Pradesh, India.
• 14 is the number of births attended by skilled health staff in Afghanistan.