On Svalbard, 78 degrees, we were told that the permafrost is steadily melting.

And in the far edges of India, Nagaland (26 degrees), is reeling from surface overheating. One of the world’s richest biodiversity spots is under grave threat as only 11 percent of the forest areas can be considered government property, while the remaining 89 percent are privately owned. Environmentally damaging activities such as slash and burn cultivation and forest burning, illegal logging, coal mining, an uncontrolled stone quarrying has been going on in the privately-owned lands. Large scale cutting of mountains by the government to make way for roads has added to the highly increased temperature in the region. Protection of biodiversity continues to be a great challenge because of the human hindrances.

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