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Call to double forest cover in the State [1]

The total area of 9,400 sq.km. of forest cover in the State needs to be expanded to at least 20,000 sq. km .

The importance of forests has to be acknowledged as these areas are the major repositories of biodiversity. The flora and fauna are valuable for carbon sequestration and oxygen replenishment. Loss of rare, endangered and threatened species is the most important issue of today.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [2]
Tags:
Afforestation [3], Biodiversity [4], Tropical Forests [5], Forest Conservation [6], Trees [7], Ecosystems [8], Biodiversity Hotspots [9], Flora [10], Fauna [11], Forests [12]
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-hotspots
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