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This Indian city has been recognised as the Tree City of the World.
The Arbor Day Foundation and the UN s Food and Agriculture Organisation have recognised Hyderabad as 2020 Tree City of the World. The southern city is the only from India to get the recognition for its commitment to growing and maintaining the urban forest.
Through this recognition, Hyderabad will join a network of like-minded cities who recognise the importance of trees in building healthy, resilient and happy cities, officials said on Thursday.
Hyderabad earned recognition in the Foundation s second year of the programme along with 51 other cities across the world during 2020 and cumulatively 120 cities from 63 countries. Most of the cities were from countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Australia etc.