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Tree truths: Dense forests mowed down and new, sparse cover can't hold the soil [1]

The government's recent report announcing an increase in forest cover looks more like a case of the state agency playing the slippery slope of statistics.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2014
Vishwa Mohan [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Forests [4], Landslides [5], Maharashtra [6], Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) [7], Floods [8], Ecology [9], Environmentalists [10], Sunita Narain [11], CSE [12], Mining [13], Jharkhand [14], Chhattisgarh [15], Deforestation [16]

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[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation