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Addl Chief Secretary Environment Climate Change & Forests, Govt of Tamil Nadu.Former DG,Doordarshan. Tweets personal
Mar 21, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
There are 7 secrets that forests have been keeping away from us
1. Supermarkets- Forests are veritable food markets,50% of fruits we eat comes from trees
2. Superhero- forests are our heroes in the fight against climate change
Source - @FAO
#InternationalDayOfForests Secrets of forests
3. Life Insurance -Around 40% of the extreme rural poor ( 250 million people) live in forests

4. Water Fountain -forests provide drinking water for over 1/3 of the world’s largest cities including New York & Mumbai

Source - @FAO
#InternationalDayOfForests