Alter agriculture practises are partly blamed for the disappearing trees.
Researchers said that 'an observable trend was emerging' wherein agroforestry systems are being replaced with paddy rice fields, even as a certain loss rate could be natural. (Creative Commons)
More than 50 lakh large farmland trees vanished between 2018 and 2022 in India, partly due to altered cultivation practices, new research published in the journal Nature Sustainability has found. Researchers said that “an observable trend was emerging” wherein agroforestry systems are being replaced with paddy fields, even as a certain loss rate could be found to be natural.