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On 30 December, Prakash Javadekar kickstarted a press conference with a two-volume, 604-page tome in his hands. It was the 2019 edition of the biennial India State of Forest Report, or ISFR, and it brought good tidings. 2019 had otherwise been a year of critical opprobrium for the newly inducted environment minister.
He had promised to fast-track environmental clearances, backed the controversial felling of trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony and proclaimed there’s no link between pollution and shorter lifespans (which saw a sharp response from the World Health Organization).
The 2019 forest report, then, was a bright spot to be …
