deforestation

A study published on Friday has found that mountain forests, which are home to 85% of the world's birds, mammals, and amphibians, are disappearing at an alarming rate due to logging, wildfires, and farming.

Large-scale deforestation of jungle regions such as the Amazon, the Congo Basin or Southeast Asia reduces tropical rainfall, indicates a study published Thursday by the journal Nature.

The environment ministry said that forest loss in the Bay of Bengal's Great Nicobar Island is to be compensated by afforestation in Aravalli in Haryana.

Timber trafficking is an increasingly common practice in Kashmir Valley, which threatens the region's forests. Nearly 1 lakh cubic feet of wood is smuggled out of the Kashmir valley every year could turn Kashmir into Ladakh in the next 40-50 years.