Union Environment Minister launched the Urban Forest program (Nagar Van scheme) on the occasion of World Environment Day.
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In the initial phase, under this program, forests will be developed in 200 corporations and cities in the country across the country over the next five years.
The scheme will be, in part, paid for by the CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016) funds.
The forests were to come up either on existing forest land or on any other vacant land offered by urban local bodies.
The Environment Minister highlighted the success of Wajre Urban forest in the city of Pune, Maharashtra which has been developed on a 40 acre degraded land area.
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