▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁T ogether ▁with ▁the ▁Western ▁Gh ats , ▁N ortheast ▁India ▁are ▁the ▁only ▁two ▁regions ▁of ▁India , ▁end owed ▁with ▁rain for est . ▁For ▁these , ▁and ▁other , ▁reasons , ▁protection ▁and ▁conservation ▁of ▁the ▁Meg hal aya ▁subt rop ical ▁for ests ▁are ▁important ▁on ▁a ▁local , ▁national , ▁regional ▁and ▁even ▁global ▁level . ▁ ▁As ▁seen ▁in ▁other ▁rain for ests ▁of ▁the ▁world , ▁def or est ation ▁occurs ▁on ▁an ▁alarm ing ▁scale ▁in ▁Meg hal aya ▁too , ▁with ▁acceler ated ▁clear cut ting ▁for ▁agricult ure , ▁industry , ▁min ing ▁and ▁infrastr ucture ▁projects ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁A part ▁from ▁the ▁obvious ▁loss ▁of ▁primary ▁forest , ▁this ▁has ▁also ▁caused ▁local ▁problems ▁with ▁soil ▁er os ion ▁and ▁fragment ation ▁of ▁habit ats . ▁The ▁clear cut ▁areas ▁in ▁Meg hal aya ▁are ▁sometimes ▁allowed ▁to ▁reg row , ▁but ▁the ▁second - g row th ▁for ests ▁are ▁much ▁less ▁species - rich ▁( both ▁fl ora ▁and ▁fa una ), ▁than ▁the ▁original ▁forest . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁these ▁problem atic ▁issues , ▁the ▁dense ▁forest ▁habit ats ▁of ▁Meg hal aya ▁are ▁also ▁dw ind ling ▁because ▁of ▁tree ▁thin ning . ▁This ▁forest ry ▁pract ise ▁puts ▁extra ▁pressure ▁on ▁species ▁that ▁can ▁only ▁th rive ▁in ▁dense ▁for ests . ▁The ▁root ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁the ▁increase ▁in ▁these ▁environment ally ▁changing ▁pract ises