The study was conducted using the Forest Survey of India vegetation maps for 1985–87, prepared using Landsat TM data and IRS LISS III imagery for 2005. The results reveal loss of dense forest at an ...

India's Thar desert has seen a 38 per cent rise in vegetation and a significant 64 per cent gain in rainfall over the past two decades, defying a global drift of drylands towards greater aridity under ...