India and Japan hold 7th Joint Working Group meeting on forests in Bengaluru
On 8 September 2026, India and Japan held the 7th meeting of their Joint Working Group on forests in Bengaluru and endorsed a 2027–2031 roadmap under their 2015 Memorandum of Cooperation.
Summary
India and Japan held the 7th meeting of the India–Japan Joint Working Group (JWG) on cooperation in forests in Bengaluru on 8 September 2026. The Indian side was led by Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Additional Director General (Forests), MoEFCC, and the Japanese side by Shimizu Kotaro of Japan's Forestry Agency. The meeting covered Trees Outside Forests, forest genetics and 'Forest Stack' for inventory and geospatial monitoring. Both sides endorsed the Roadmap for 2027–2031 under the Memorandum of Cooperation signed in 2015.
Key facts
- Meeting
- 7th India–Japan JWG on Forests
- Date/place
- 8 Sep 2026, Bengaluru
- Leads
- Ramesh Kumar Pandey (India); Shimizu Kotaro (Japan)
- Focus areas
- Trees Outside Forests, forest genetics, Forest Stack
- Outcome
- Roadmap 2027–2031 endorsed under 2015 MoC
Practice MCQs 1 questions
The 7th India–Japan Joint Working Group on Forests, held in Bengaluru on 8 September 2026, endorsed a roadmap for which period?
Show answer
Correct answer: B — 2027–2031
Both sides endorsed the Roadmap for 2027–2031 under the 2015 Memorandum of Cooperation.