Desecration of environment has made Uttarakhand prone to floods, landslides http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/desecration-of-environment-has-made-uttarakhand-prone-to-floods-landslides/article1-1245075.aspx Since 2005, heavy monsoon floods have been causing havoc in Uttarakhand. This year, again, over 6,000 pilgrims were stranded…
Deforestation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Satellite photograph of deforestation in progress in the TierrasBajas project in eastern Bolivia. Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land…
Clearcutting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearcutting From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After a century of clearcutting, this forest, near the source of the Lewis and Clark River in Clatsop County, Oregon, is a patchwork with each patch…