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STUDY REVEALS NEARLY 6 MILLION TREES VANISHED FROM INDIAN FARMLANDS

Why in the news? A study by the University of Copenhagen using satellite imagery found that India lost nearly 5.8 million mature trees on farmlands from 2019 to 2022. Analysis showed 11% of trees detected in 2010-2011 were gone by 2018-2022. Focus was on large trees, indicating localised losses rather than overall tree cover decline.Significant …

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