Deforestation Rate
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Delhi Ridge tree-felling case: SC orders compensatory plantation on 185 acres by March 2026
Delhi | Nov 03, 2025, 03:50 PM ISTTrees in the protected ecological zone were cut down to build a wider access road leading to the Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) — a new tertiary care hospital meant mainly for paramilitary personnel, their families, retirees, and the general public.
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SC warns Telangana officials of jail over tree felling in Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli forest
Hyderabad | May 15, 2025, 03:58 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has warned Telangana officials of possible jail time if they fail to restore the forest cleared in Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli area. The court took serious note of the pre-planned felling of trees, which it said took advantage of a long weekend to avoid judicial scrutiny.
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Birds howl in viral video as hundreds of trees allegedly razed near Hyderabad University
Hyderabad | Apr 07, 2025, 05:55 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Thursday finally stopped the deforestation and ordered no further felling of trees until its further order.
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Horrifying! Tree chopped down in Kerala leaves hundreds of birds dead, netizens question humanity
Trending | Sep 02, 2022, 07:08 PM ISTA devastating video of a tree being cut down in Kerala's Malappuram, killing many fledgling birds, has gone viral on Twitter. Within a few hours of upload, the heartbreaking video of the birds plummeting to their deaths received over 8 lakh views. Check out.
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Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surges to worst in 15 years
World | Nov 19, 2021, 06:59 AM ISTBefore Jair Bolsonaro’s term began in January 2019, the Brazilian Amazon hadn’t recorded a single year with more than 10,000 square kilometers of deforestation in over a decade.
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Record levels of deforestation in Brazilian Amazon continue
World | Jun 05, 2021, 04:20 PM ISTIt marks a 41 per cent increase compared to the same month a year earlier, the data released by the National Institute for Space Research on Friday revealed.
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Rise in global temperature will bring more destructive climate impacts:UN report
World | Nov 26, 2019, 02:09 PM ISTThe report warned that even if all current unconditional commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, temperatures are expected to rise by 3.2 degree celsius by the end of the century.
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Deforestation of Amazon grew by 222% in August
World | Sep 09, 2019, 11:58 AM ISTThe sharp increase in deforestation in July and August led the surface of the Amazon destroyed in the first eight months of 2019 to increase to 6,404.8 sq.km, an area 92 per cent larger than that recorded between January and August 2018 (3,336.7 sq.km).
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Goa's Baga Hill: High Court steps in to save illegal cutting of forest cover
India | Jun 19, 2019, 08:11 PM ISTThe notice, returnable by July 2, was issued by Justices Suresh Gupte and Prithviraj Chavan, follows a petition by green NGO Goa Foundation and others.
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Deforestation leads to increase in malaria cases, says study
Lifestyle | May 23, 2017, 06:03 PM ISTResearchers have found a link between deforestation and increasing malaria rates across developing nations. Nearly 130 million hectares of forest - an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa have been lost since 1990.
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Indonesia now country with world's highest deforestation rate
World | Jul 17, 2014, 11:45 AM ISTJakarta: Indonesia has double the deforestation rate in Brazil and has become the largest destroyer of forests housing some of the world's most endangered species.A report, recently published in the Nature Climate Change magazine, revealed