Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said India has given a direction to the world by raising its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million hectare to 26 million hectare by 2030.
In a press conference after presiding over the high-level segment of the UN's Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the delegates, Javadekar said, "It is an important direction for the world that every country can target more because if we restore land faster, our mitigation is also helped. It is a landmark achievement."