* Indian forests squeezed by infrastructure development* With eye on emissions, government backs tree planting* Critics say intensive plantings are a poor substitute For scientist, activist and tree lover Ravi Chopra, it is a painful sight. Where thick forest recently stood, a swathe of bare yellow earth is now dotted with road-building materials and construction workers near his home in India’s Himalayan foothills. “It’s driving us crazy,” said Chopra, who runs an environmental nonprofit in the city of Dehradun, saying thousands of trees had been cut down due to two recent road-widening projects in the area. “We’re going to pay a very heavy price for cutting down our forests,” he warned. Across India, roads, hydroelectric projects and other infrastructure construction too...
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