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The book contains 15 chapters dealing with ancient fossil trees and forests of the world, the Lepidodendrons and recent discovery of the World's oldest forests which are 385 million years old in an abandond quarry near Cairo, New York, USA. Global forest status with biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation, global deforestation and degradation. Different types of forests and loss of Rain forests. Countries with highest percentage of forests and countries which have increased their forest areas.Amazon forest's present status on carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation.World's most famous forests and nine oldest forests of the world, Creation of loss and damage fund in COP27 in Egypt held in 2022 by UNFCCC and mobilizing by 2030 at least US$ 200 billion per year for domestic and international biodiversity related funding from all sources-both public and private, Plantation forestry through seeds and clones, Latest development of techniques in afforestation by use of Drones; Current status of India's forests, Mangrove forests, Threatened plants, Wetland loss, Urban forests, Climate change adaptation projects sanctioned by NABARD and Emerging science of forest bathing.
About the author
After graduating from Calcutta University in Biology in 1969 Dr. M. S. Haque obtained Ph. D in Plant sciences in 1978. Same year, he joined Forest Research Institute and then in 1984 joined National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mumbai as Forest Officer and retired in 2010 as Head, Forestry. He is widely travelled in India and abroad.
