Celso Augusto Guimaraes Santos

Mining shrinks Odisha’s forests

Mining is taking a toll on forest reserves in Odisha. Effective measures to prevent further destruction of forests are urgently needed!

Manoranjan Mishra

Thiago Victor Medeiros do Nascimento

Manoj Kumar Dash

Richarde Marques da Silva

Dipika Kar

Tamoghna Acharyya

Posted on 13 Jul, 2022 04:02 PM

Forests world over are shrinking and various anthropogenic activities, such as timber extraction, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, mining and urbanisation are leading to these changes.

Shrinking forests of Odisha (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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