Experts Find That Much Of It Has Degraded Into Scrubland
A study on the status and distribution of forests of a portion of the Western Ghats has revealed that more land is in private hands than the area under protected forests, but large tracts have degraded into scrub and wastelands.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/over-12k-sq-m-w-ghats-forest-pvt-hands-study
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ananya-dutta
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-pune-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-conservation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wastelands
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-act-1980
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
