India is losing her green cover too fast for comfort

In a study undertaken by the University of Melbourne it has been revealed that the world's forest cover has shrunk by 3% since 1990 and India is among the countries who are losing their forest cover faster than others. Others are Vietnam and Ghana and all these are among the poorest countries in the world.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 15 September 2015.

The reasons are deforestation in the name of industries and development and to accommodate the housing needs of increasing population.
The study has said that in low-income countries with high forest cover, forests are being cleared for direct subsistence by individuals and families and large scale agriculture for broader economic development. It has been found that the total global forest area has reduced by three percent between 1990 and 2015 from 4,128 million hectares to 3,999 million hectares – that means a loss of 129 million hectares.
Moreover, loss of natural forested area was double the global total at 6%, and loss of tropical forests was of the order of 10%.
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