<br/>A recent study says that the fragile ecosystem of Maharashtra's Western Ghats has come under severe pressure from unabated developmental activities. It says these activities have lead to a loss of its forest cover over a period of 20 years since 1985.The study has been done by a team of scientists from Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune. The report says the region has lost dense and open forests at a rate of 0.72 per cent annually till 2005.