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Detailed explanation-1: -The FRA did not distinguish natural loss of forest from that caused by human impacts: deforestation was defined as the conversion of forest to another land-use or the long-term reduction of the tree canopy cover below the minimum 10% threshold.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deforestation is the conversion of forest to another land use or the long-term reduction of tree canopy cover below the 10% threshold. Deforestation implies the long-term or permanent loss of forest cover. Such a loss can only be caused and maintained through a continued man-induced or natural perturbation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests.

Detailed explanation-4: -Forest cover is obtained from wall to wall mapping of the country using satellite data, whereas tree cover is estimated partly using high resolution data and partly from field inventory data of Trees Outside Forest (TOF).