In the last two
decades, 32,000 ha of the Terai forest area have been cleared. According to the
Department of Forest Research and Survey (DoFRS), the situation worsened from 2001 onwards
when the annual rate increased to 0.44 per cent from 0.40 per cent. The trees
were being cut at a rate of about 6 trees per ha in Terai, where as 3 trees per
hectare were cut in Chure range annually.
July 23
http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/07/23/national/32000-hectare-tarai-forest-cleared-in-20-yrs/392570.html
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