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    Forest Destruction Impacts

    This theme addresses the devastating effects of forest destruction and habitat loss on biodiversity, wildlife, and tribal cultures.

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    ODISHA, INDIA56 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA20 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA14 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA5 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA4 voices MANIPUR, INDIA1 voice CHHATTISGARH, INDIA1 voice MAHARASHTRA, INDIA1 voice

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    🌳 💥 🐦

    What kind of change or harm is happening to the forest? Ans: Trees and plants will be destroyed, animals and birds will disappear.

    — Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

    🌳 💀 🐦

    Change or damage is happening, all the forest trees and creepers are getting destroyed, animals and birds have disappeared.

    — Niranjan Bisi · Boudh, Odisha

    🌳 💔 🐾

    Nowadays, due to the damage to all forests, animals, birds, and insects are all disappearing.

    — Gourang Adhikari · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌳 ❌ 💔

    Currently, we are seeing that trees, animals, and herbs in the forest are being destroyed.

    — MUKTA THAKUR · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌳 📉 😥

    Currently, we are seeing that trees, animals, and herbs in the forest are going to be damaged.

    — Premsila Naik

    🌳 💔 😔

    Currently, we are seeing trees, animals, and herbs in the forest being harmed.

    — Premsila Naik

    🌳 🪓 💀

    We have seen many changes in the forest nowadays, such as trees and plants being cut down, the forest being deforested, herbs disappearing, animals and birds going extinct, and the water level depleting.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🪓 🌳 💔

    This is human-induced devastation. By cutting down forests, many creatures, plants, medicinal herbs, animals, and birds are being harmed.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🌳 ✂️ 💀

    Significant changes or losses are occurring in forests, such as trees and plants being cut down excessively, herbs disappearing, animals becoming extinct, and insects migrating from one place to another.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🌍 ⚠️ 💀

    Given the critical situation that has developed, the extent of damage that has occurred, and the way people are progressing; if we do nothing about this, then in the coming days there will be no trees, no animals, and no herbal medicines will be found.

    — gobardhan pangi

    🌳 💔 😔

    Herbs/animals in the forest are undergoing changes or damage.

    — AbhiLL Ipsa

    🌳 💥 😥

    We have seen the damage happening in the forest, impacting all its animals, birds, trees, and plants.

    — Kamleah Kumar · Ammatola, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 ⏳ 💀

    If no steps are taken for forest protection within the next 20 years, then various trees, animals, birds, and medicinal plants in the forest will all disappear.

    — NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌳 💨 😔

    The forests, animals, birds, and springs that used to be in our forest are slowly disappearing.

    — Batakrushna Sahoo

    🗣️ 🪓 👻

    We have our tribal languages; people used to know them earlier. And after 20 years, so much forest is being destroyed, and in another 20 years, all those animals and birds will disappear.

    — RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 💥 💔

    There is a lot of blasting happening here, and due to the blasting, the forest is also being destroyed. Animals and birds are also losing their habitats. A lot of forest is being destroyed. Due to the blasting, we cannot even stay here. When a lot of forest is destroyed, we are that much.

    — RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 📉 😔

    Forests are disappearing, livelihoods are being destroyed. Forests are also getting depleted, herbs are disappearing. It's not like it used to be.

    — Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 ✂️ 💔

    In today's era, forests are undergoing many kinds of changes and losses, such as trees being cut, herbs disappearing, animals becoming extinct, people migrating from one place to another, and insects.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🌳 📉 🐾

    In today's time, many changes are happening in the forests. Trees are being cut, medicinal plants are disappearing, animals are becoming extinct, and migration is happening very rapidly.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🌳 🪓 💀

    What changes or damages are occurring in the forest you are observing? Have trees and plants been cut down and destroyed, or have animals and birds also died? What about their food, as a result of the forest becoming desolate?

    — Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

    🌳 ⬇️ 🚫

    The forest is depleting

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 💥 😢

    We have seen the damage caused to those living in the forest. We have seen the damage caused to animals, birds, and plants living in the forest.

    — Kamleah Kumar · Ammatola, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🪓 💔

    Observe the changes or damages occurring in the forest. Our wild animals are dying due to destructive felling, and this is causing great loss.

    — Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

    🌳 📉 🆘

    Even many large trees in the forest have been depleted, and there are no medicinal herbs left. Animals and birds in the forest are also disappearing. Therefore, we absolutely need the forest.

    — Mukunda Majhi · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌳 🔥 🦌

    Animals and birds living in the forest are becoming very scarce and are rarely seen. Trees and plants are also significantly decreasing due to deforestation. And sometimes it also happens that fires break out in summer (Jeth) because the forests themselves are diminishing.

    — Kamleah Kumar · Dalla, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🪓 💔

    We went and within 20 years the forest trees will be cut very rapidly, due to which we will suffer losses and wild animals will also not be there at this time.

    — bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 ❌ 😔

    Forest land has been lost.

    — अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 📉 😔

    Forest land has been lost.

    — अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 📉 😔

    In the forest, all the ancient trees are disappearing. And all the medicinal trees are also disappearing.

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌳 🐦 🚫

    They have been living there for a long time. Now, there have been changes in the forest. Valuable trees are not found. Animals and birds are no longer in the forest. Everything is gone.

    — Trinath badanayak · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌳 🌿 🚫

    Herbs, vegetable trees, medicinal plants are becoming extinct from our forests.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌍 💨 💀

    If we don't do anything, then in the next 20 years, all our songs, forests, languages, seeds, trees, animals, and birds will disappear.

    — Batakrushna Sahoo

    🌳 🪓 💀

    At this time, there are no birds left in the forest. I don't know where the birds have gone, and there are no animals, and plants are becoming very scarce due to deforestation.

    — Kamleah Kumar · Dalla, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 📉 😟

    Our medicinal herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees are depleting from the forests.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 🚫 🌱

    The herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees have been depleted from the forest.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 ⏳ 🚫

    In the next twenty years, our forest, our culture, customs and traditions, seeds, everything will be destroyed.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 💔 🚫

    Yes, damage has definitely occurred. Previously, people used to obtain two traditional food items by cutting trees from the forest. Now, these are not available. Furthermore, there has been extensive damage to medicinal plants, and those are also not available.

    — gobardhan pangi

    🌍 📉 💔

    Depletion of natural resources, trees are being cut down, ponds are getting filled up, the balance of nature is deteriorating.

    — VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

    🌍 ⬇️ 💀

    In the coming 20 years, there will be a significant shortage of water, forests, and land. Even languages will become extinct. Trees and plants will not remain. Animals and birds will also become extinct if they are not conserved.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🌿 💨 😔

    The disappearance of medicinal plants and herbs; earlier, medicinal herbs could be found in forests, but now everything is disappearing.

    — VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

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