Forest Services Trends and Initiatives

The ‘State of Finance for Forests 2025’ report, specify India’s domestic forest spending (30x international aid) via Joint Forest Management (JFM) and tribal projects. It is assumed that IFoS-led biodiversity credits/carbon markets could attract $500M private investment by 2027, per UNEP. Whispers criticize delayed India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 release (now expected December 2025), speculating “data fudging” to mask 2.33M ha tree cover loss since 2000.