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banko-17657	Baral, Sushim Ranjan	Nepal's forest: a diminishing resource?	2017	2	.pdf	application/pdf	787	31	61	There seems, however only 3.1% decrease in the forest land, but the increase of shrub cover in every regions at the cost of forest area followed by a gradual transformation of forest land into other land-use forms in the Terai, is nothing but an indication of a catastrophic ecological imbalance for the mountainous country like ours. The decrease of forest cover from 34.2% in 1978/79 to 23.4% in 1993/96 (annual rate of loss is 2.3%) in the fifty one hilly districts and the lowest percentage of shrubs and forest cover in areas between 1000 to 2000 m is its sign.	cache/banko-17657.pdf	txt/banko-17657.txt