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Impact of exceptionally high rain and snowfall on Chir pine plantations in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh

Climate and its variability have been and continues to be the principal source of exceptional fluctuations which wreaked havoc on forests. In Chamba, up to an elevation of 1,800 m chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sargent) is the main naturally occurring coniferous tree in forests.