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What is the process of removal of forest cover of an area called?

What is the process of removal of forest cover of an area called? Correct Answer Deforestation

The process of removal of forest covers of an area that is the conversion of forested areas to non-forested ones is known as deforestation. Almost 40 percent of forests in the tropics compared 1 percent in the temperate region have been lost due to this.

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Consider the following statements: 1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas. 2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce. 3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
Which of the following statements relating to the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 are correct? 1. The Act recognizes forest rights of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes who have been occupying the forest land before October 25, 1980. 2. The onus of implementation of the Act lies at the level of the State / UT Governments. 3. The Act seeks to recognize and vest certain forest rights in the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Assertion (A) State Forest Policy aims to bring 33% area under forest cover.
Reason (R) State wants to meet national target as National Forest Policy aims 33% area under forest cover.
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Which among the following statements are correct regarding the India State of Forest Report (IFSR) of 2019? 1. The report is released after every two years. 2. The total forest cover of the country is approximately 22% of the geographical area of the country. 3. The recent report has marked the increase in the forest cover as compared to the earlier report. 
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Consider the following forest found in Odisha?
1. Mangrove forest
2. Tropical moist deciduous forest
3. Tropical semi-evergreen forest
4. Tropical dry deciduous forest