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A. I were adopted as the substitute for open-burning dumps. In a

II .wastes are dumped in a depression or trench after compacting and covered with dirt everyday.

B. Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forested ones. According to an estimate, almost I

percent forests have been lost in the tropics, compared to only II percent in the temperature region. Thi

present scenario of deforestation is particularly grim in Indian At the beginning of the twentieth century forest

covered about III percent of the land of India. By the end of the century, it shrunk to IV percen

whereas the National Forest Policy (1988) of India has recommended 33 percent forest cover for the plains and 6

percent for the hills. —