We would encourage participation of government departments, civil society, local citizens, schools, NGOs and sustainable institutions to carry out tree census under the supervision of forest departments.

“Environment protection needs to be a mass movement as the governments can’t do it alone. Once completed, the tree census may become a regular feature that can be repeated every five years and serve as a potential platform for an environmental education programme that would help spread awareness about the need for clean air, recharging of ground water, maintenance of biodiversity, reduction of noise pollution and so on. Tree census is one among those many steps as protection of existing green areas and trees is a high priority area for us,' explained the ministry official. “We have been accused of only being a green clearance industry but we are also taking a lot of steps for protection and conservation of the environment. The tree census is part of the ministry’s forest protection endeavours.

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