EnviStats India 2024:
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) compiled and released the 7th consecutive issue of the publication “EnviStats India 2024: Environment Accounts”.
- EnviStats India 2024 is compiled in accordance with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEAA).
- The current publication which is seventh in the series covers Energy Accounts, Ocean Accounts, Soil Nutrient Index and Biodiversity.
Highlights EnviStats India 2024
- There has been around 72% increase in the number and around 16% increase in area for the Total Protected Area during the period 2000 to 2023.
- The coverage of Mangroves, which is an important sub-ecosystem of the ocean ecosystem has increased around 8% over the years 2013 to 2021.
- The report also includes the taxonomic faunal and floral diversity of India, the status of the Leopard and Snow leopard and information on Genetic Conservation using data from the stakeholder Ministries/agencies.
- Also, the Species Richness of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened species by taxonomic groups has been compiled using spatial datasets from IUCN.
