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 Timber travails [1]

If Arunachal Pradesh has over 80 per cent forest cover, one of the highest in India, what sort of appreciation does it get?
The Supreme Court's ruling of 1996, which places restriction on felling of trees, says that the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, has to be implemented in order to check deforestation. But the act interprets the word

Down to Earth [2]
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Forests [3], Shifting Cultivation [4], Forest Act 1980 [5], Forest Act 1988 [6], Deforestation [7], Economy [8], Tourism [9], Economic Development [10], Timber Industry [11], Legislation [12], Supreme Court [13], India [14], Arunachal [15]
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