World Environment Day Today

Latest reports have been coming in from Indian Himalayan region where many activities have been going on.  These activities are being carried out on World Environment day.

As per reports on World Environment Day, Uttarakhand Forest Department releases a report on various plant species conserved by it.

The report is including 73 rare, threatened and endangered plant species and 54 plant species that are endemic to Uttarakhand and Indian Himalayan Region.

This comprehensive report is being released to counter concept of ‘plant blindness’ and to create awareness about conservational issues and threats to plant biodiversity.

According to this report these species are very helpful as on them our very survival depends.

This has been shared by Sanjiv Chaturvedi, head of Uttarakhand Forest Department Research Wing while speaking to ANI.