{"id":11890,"date":"2024-06-14T15:10:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11890"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:10:49","slug":"assams-combined-tree-cover-area-lost-in-20-years-almost-twice-the-size-of-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/assams-combined-tree-cover-area-lost-in-20-years-almost-twice-the-size-of-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Assams combined tree cover area lost in 20 years almost twice the size of Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have come up with the alarming find that<u>Assam<\/u>has lost around 269 thousand hectares (2,690 sqkm) of tree cover area in the last two decades (2001 to 2020), which is close to twice the size of Delhi having an area of 1,484 sqkm.<\/p>\n<p>This has resulted in a significant rise in the minimum <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> and maximum temperatures and human-animal conflict in the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report of satellite data analysed by researchers at the University of Maryland,<u>Karbi Anglong<\/u>tops the <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> list by losing over 97 thousand hectares followed by<u>Dima Hasao<\/u>over 63.2 thousand hectares, Sonitpur 17.4 thousand hectares, Tinsukia 13.2 thousand hectares and Kokrajhar 10.4 thousand hectares.<\/p>\n<p>The state lost its highest tree cover in 2016 (25.4 thousand hectares) followed by nearly 23 thousand hectares in 2014 and 18.3 thousand hectares in 2020. 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