Growing forests – The Hindu (Dec 29, 2017)

Growing forests – The Hindu (Dec 29, 2017)

The disclosure in Parliament that the Centre is not ready with the rules to implement the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 demonstrates that …… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. disclosure (noun) – declaration, announcement, news/report.
2. compensatory (adjective) – reducing/offsetting unpleasant effect of something.
3. afforestation (noun) – the effort to plant trees in barren (unproductive) lands so as to create a forest.
4. objective (noun) – aim, intention, target/purpose.
5. climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
6. woefully (adverb) – very badly; deplorably, awfully.
7. disbursal (adjective) – relating to the act of paying out or disbursing/spending money.
8. remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.
9. biotic (adjective) – relating to living organisms; natural, biological.
10. patchy (adjective) – uneven, variable; deficient, inadequate.
11. monoculture (noun) – the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop in a (farming) field at a time.
12. biodiversity (noun) – the existence of many different kinds of plants and animals in an environment (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
13. inevitable (noun) – unavoidable, sure to happen, unpreventable.
14. accumulation (noun) – collection, stockpile, reserve (of something).
15. annexation (noun) – occupation, takeover, appropriation.
16. habitat (noun) – natural environment, natural element, natural territory.
17. contiguous (adjective) – neighbouring, adjacent, bordering/abutting.
18. apparatus (noun) – structure, system/framework, organization.
19. sequestration (noun) – separation, setting apart, segregation.
20. envisage (verb) – foresee, predict; contemplate/envision.
21. deploy (verb) – utilize, employ, make use of.
22. sheer (adjective) – utter, total, complete.
23. augment (verb) – increase, supplement, enlarge/expand.
24. momentum (noun) – impetus, driving force, power/strength.
25. rest (on) (verb) – be based on, depend on, rely on.

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