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Forest Fire destroys more than 57,000 sq km of India's woods in 2014 [1]

India lost more than 57,000 sq km of jungles – an area larger than Himachal Pradesh - in forest fire in 2014, says India's first scientific estimation of forest fire losses.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2017
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Forest Fires [4], Western Ghats [5], Andhra Pradesh [6], India [7], Forest Policy [8], Forest Encroachments [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-encroachments