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A. ___I____ were adopted as the substitute for open-burning dumps. In a ___II___, wastes are dumped in a depression or trench after compacting and covered with dirt everyday.
B. Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forested ones. According to an estimate almost ___I___ percent forests have been lost in the tropics, compared to only ___II___ percent in the temperature region. The present scenario of deforestation is particularly grim in India. At the beginning of the twentieth century forests covered about ____III___ percent of the land of India. By the end of the century, it shrunk to ___IV___ percent, whereas the National Forest Policy (1988) of India has recommended 33 percent forest cover for the plains and 67 percent for the hills.
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