A large chunk of the Western Ghats, which primarily stretches across four districts of Karnataka, lost 20,000 hectares (ha) of its area over the last 17 years — putting one of the world’s biological hotspots at risk. The alarming rate of loss of tree cover over last five years can [...]
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