Srinagar, March 24 -- We celebrated International Forestry Day on March 21, 2026 and the theme for this year was Forests and Economies! While the entire world is working towards tapping the forests above the ground for their economic uses, the forest surface and soil is receiving a huge quantum of plastics from anthropogenic sources. The forests that were considered pristine terrestrial ecosystems are now a sink for plastics. The forests also gather a lot of plastics from the adjacent urban areas when strong winds blow and lay captured there. An estimate recorded an average of 90 to 210 particles per metre square per day. The forest canopy is also considered to be a safe abode of microplastics that are formed by degradation of plastic. Th...