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How India is Preserving Its Depleting Forest Cover Across The Entire Nation?

Forests are the backbone of our environment. But unfortunately, India has seen a lot of depletion in the forest cover post-independence. It has been deduced that almost 5000 million hectares of forest land got lost to non-forestry purpose, 0.07 million to illegal encroachment, 4.37 million to cultivation and for various other reasons. Adding more concern to the issue, India ranked 14 th among all countries in forest cover loss within a decade. Though various NGO Foundations such as Wildlife Conservation Trust are fighting tooth and nail to curb the forest destruction, there are still many loopholes in this situation.   There is a cluster of factors that has lead to deforestation. The biggest causes are: •       Agricultural Expansion The agricultural producers have cleared up forests and turned the lands into major plantations to suffice the global demands for commodities. •       Human settlement/ Overpopulation With increasing population, there is obv