India among top 10 nations with largest forest carbon sinks: FAO report

NEW DELHI: India ranked among the world’s top ten countries with the largest forest carbon sinks, absorbing about 150 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year between 2021 and 2025, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

The report, released on Tuesday, said that globally, forests acted as a net carbon sink during this period, removing about 0.8 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere annually.

The FAO report titled “Forest Emissions and Removals – Global, Regional and Country Trends 1990-2025” said that…