News Headline
Western Ghats lost 35% of forest in 90 years
Source
Bangalore Mirror
Publication Date
2016-02-18
Western Ghats, considered one of the global biodiversity hotspots, has lost forest cover to the tune of 33,579 square km, or 35.3 per cent, of the total forest over the last nine decades, indicating that it represents a vulnerable ecosystem, reveals the latest findings by the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) National Remote Sensing Centre in Hyderabad.