Clearing land for crops (both subsistence and commercial) and for livestock grazing is the primary reason for converting forest areas into other land uses.
The main causes for the forest loss is
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2011 · Topic: Forest and Wildlife (Deforestation, forest degradation, and desertification)
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