Climate Change & Forest Decline

At this time, there are no birds left in the forest. I don't know where the birds have gone, and there are no animals, and plants are becoming very scarce due to deforestation.

— Kamleah Kumar · Dalla, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our forest, the large trees have been destroyed. All the trees, including neem and other plants, have been completely wiped out.

— Kachala Choudhary

The forests that change with weather changes, when there are no trees left from there.

— RAJNIKANT RATNAKAR · Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

Adama, who are you in the village? How was the forest before, and how is it now? There used to be a forest, but now it's gone. There are no animals or wildlife left.

— Kanaka Pradhan · Balangir, Odisha

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

— Niranjan Bisi · Boudh, Odisha

What isn't in my forest? In my forest, neither Corridi nor Satuma grows. Due to this climate change, even tamarind is not falling in the village now.

— jitendra khila · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

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

The herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees have been depleted from the forest.

— Kachala Choudhary

Forest land has been lost.

— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Forest land has been lost.

— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

What changes or damages are occurring in the forest you are observing? Have trees and plants been cut down and destroyed, or have animals and birds also died? What about their food, as a result of the forest becoming desolate?

— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

Fruit trees and vegetable plants have disappeared from our forests.

— Kachala Choudhary

What kind of change or harm is happening to the forest? Ans: Trees and plants will be destroyed, animals and birds will disappear.

— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

The forest is depleting

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We have seen many changes in the forest nowadays, such as trees and plants being cut down, the forest being deforested, herbs disappearing, animals and birds going extinct, and the water level depleting.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Forests are disappearing, livelihoods are being destroyed. Forests are also getting depleted, herbs are disappearing. It's not like it used to be.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

There are no trees in the forest, no animals, no birds, no living beings; everything has been destroyed. Name: Kose Madkami, Village: Gorakhunta, Malkangiri.

— Trinath badanayak · Kamarpalli, Malkangiri, Odisha

The various types of fruits that used to be found in the forest are no longer available.

— KARUKAR MURMU · SKIP NO LOCATION

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

— Anupama Mahanand

What is not found in our forest. Sarbaria mushrooms used to be found in our forest before. Now they are not. Then, Bausi mushrooms, they are also not abundant. The Bausi (bamboo) plants also died out. And where are our old Kendu branches to speak of now?

— jitendra khila · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

The forests, animals, birds, and springs that used to be in our forest are slowly disappearing.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

We have been living in this area for many years. What we see in our region is that the forest cover has also decreased. There are no animals now.

— sudhir gamanga · Gadiakhala, Ketalugurha, Rayagada

Large trees have been cut down, due to which it is becoming difficult to find forest vegetables and herbs.

— Kachala Choudhary

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

We are not getting food to eat. Brother, the forest is completely depleted. When they destroyed everything by cutting down trees for mining, after that, now we are deprived of things like Charikuli, Barukuli, Kendu, and even bears (Bhalia), including the black bear (Kala Bhalia).

— swornalata nayak · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

The jungle has been cleared out, it has become very desolate.

— Nilkantha Nayak · Malkangiri, Odisha

Currently, in our forest, bamboo is not found, other wild produce is not found, mushrooms are not found. Also, our cashews are not doing well; the cashew cultivation that used to happen before is also not doing well.

— jitendra khila · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

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

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

The tribal community has been displaced from our forests, and the forests have been destroyed.

— Kachala Choudhary

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

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

The disappearance of medicinal plants and herbs; earlier, medicinal herbs could be found in forests, but now everything is disappearing.

— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Old, traditional foods are not available. As a result, the forest was also destroyed. The food that should be available is not available.

— Keshab Majhi · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

Earlier, everything used to be found in the jungle, but now it's not. For example, banana greens, chakora greens... no, everything is gone now.

— Rupesh Maravi

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

— Gourang Adhikari · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha