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Deforestation become dangerous trend in North East
The Telegraph | Agencies | Kohima, Dec 27
ncreasing population, need of more space for habitation, heavy and continuous deforestations in the entire states of North East is not only leading to heavy atmospheric carbon emission but also the region towards heavy impact of climate change and unknown diseases.
According to a report from the India State of Forest Report 2015 on the decrease of 628 sq km forest cover in the North East region of India is more than a cause for worry. The report said there has been a net decline of 628 Sq. Km. in the forest cover since 2013 in the North East. The loss is more than the total area of Mumbai city.
This alarming report released by the Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar comes at a time when nearly 200 nations across the world approved a first-of-its-kind universal agreement to wean Earth off fossil fuels and slow global warming at the recently held Paris Climate Change conference.
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