Deforestation & Biodiversity

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

The forest is depleting

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Niranjan Bisi · Boudh, Odisha

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

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

— Anupama Mahanand

Fruit trees and vegetable plants have disappeared from our forests.

— Kachala Choudhary

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

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

Forest land has been lost.

— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Forest land has been lost.

— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

Earlier, a lot of edible items were found in the forests that could be eaten and added to midday meals, but now, due to damage to the forests, many things have become extinct.

— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

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

In this village, the forest has been damaged a bit more than before this time. Herbs cannot be collected, and because of that, we...

— Padmini Bhoi

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

— MUKTA THAKUR · Kalahandi, Odisha

Herbs are running out, water and forests are getting depleted.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In earlier times, medicinal fruits were found in the forest, but now those things are becoming extinct day by day.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

What our ancestors used to obtain, now 90% of the forest has been destroyed. With the destruction of forests, the hills have also been destroyed. Whatever materials we used to find, especially food items, are no longer available.

— jitendra khila · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

Food, forests, and agricultural systems are all slowly disappearing. Among these three, what we miss the most are the forests. The forests that were there before will not be there anymore. The absence of which...

— Sudarsan Dalei · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

The forest's medicinal plants are depleting.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

It is certainly remembered. Our people are destroying forests. As a result, when they go to the forest, no forest products, including food items, can be found. It would have been better if forests were not destroyed.

— jitendra khila · Lachery, Malkangiri, Odisha

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

— Gourang Adhikari · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

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

— AbhiLL Ipsa

In this eternal forest, various valuable trees and medicinal plants are slowly starting to disappear.

— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha

In ancient times, people used to depend on the forest for their livelihood. But now, since the forest has become depleted, they are no longer able to get tubers, leaves, fruits, and roots from the forest. Therefore, the forest in greater quantity...

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

Oh, there is also a distinct language of our Gonda society. And no one speaks that language anymore, slowly it has also disappeared. And now what we used to get from the forest, we are not getting it from the forest anymore, all the forests are cut down.

— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

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

— Padmini Bhoi

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

Now, honey, resin, Aainla (Indian gooseberry), Harada (chebulic myrobalan), and Baahada (beleric myrobalan) are no longer found in our forest.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

Nutritious forest food items are not found in our area because very few forests are left here.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— Premsila Naik

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

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