About 17 villages used for cattle camps were relocated and in 1994, Panna became the 22nd tiger reserve in India ...

This type of forest is spread across many states, mainly central, north and parts of northeast India. Second highest loss of greenness was from Dry deciduous forests at 14,07,730 hectares.

Researchers map out poorly understood dry tropical ... Tropical Conservation Science. Tropical dry deciduous forest in India, thinned by cattle into a savannah woodland. Photo by Morgan Erickson ...

Dry deciduous ... forests and grasslands. The spatial mapping comprises identification of fire risk zonation wherein pockets prone to forest fire during summer are indicated on the maps.

"It was widely distributed across landscapes with maximum invasion in fragmented dry deciduous forests of Central India, Shivalik hills and the Southern Western Ghats," the study by Ninad Avinash ...