<h1>Environmentalists Urge Government to Act on Supreme Court's Warning Against Tree Cutting and Weakening Forest Laws</h1> Environmentalists have urged the government to heed the Supreme Court's warning that cutting trees is worse than killing humans, criticizing the weakening of forest protection laws and unchecked deforestation for development. The court made this remark while rejecting a plea from an individual who felled 454 trees in a protected zone. Concerns were raised about large-scale infrastructure projects causing forest loss, particularly in sensitive regions like the Himalayas. Critics highlighted issues with compensatory afforestation and the impact of deforestation on climate change and extreme weather. Some argued for a balanced approach, considering the needs of forest-dependent communities.