It is stated in the passage that the “tree huggers” ……………

In India, whose Himalayan forests have declined by 25 per cent in the last decade, groups called “tree huggers” have taken the initiative. When they hear of a logging operation — legal or not — they rush into the forest and throw their arms around trees, an approach that has shut down several projects. But unless the governments of the area impose a more systematic conservation effort, the Himalayas may well go the way of Ethiopia, whose forests have
virtually disappeared.