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केन्द्र सरकार ऐसे कानूनों में बदलाव ला रही है या लाने के लिए प्रयासरत है जो वन संरक्षण, वन्यजीव संरक्षण, पर्यावरण संरक्षण, जैव-विविधता और खनन से जुड़े हैं। ऐसे कानूनों में लाए जा रहे...
Wildlife Clearances – Are they really serving the purpose of protecting the Protected Areas?
A Policy Brief Wildlife Clearance plays a crucial role in protecting India’s designated protected areas. The wildlife clearances issued by the Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife (SC-NBWL) for various infrastructure and...
Undoing Conservation: India’s National Parks Giving Way for Infra Projects – A Compendium of 3 Case Studies on National Parks
India’s burgeoning economic growth in the last two decades, especially in the infrastructure sector, has heavily impacted its forests and protected areas. Not only has there been a diversion of large tracts of forest...
Forest at a Standstill: Development at the Cost of Sundarbans
A Study on the socio-environmental changes in the Indian part of the Sundarbans Delta Deemed as a “World Heritage”, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Sundarbans is one of...
The Uncertain Future of Sundarbans
A Study on the change in livelihood options in Indian part of the Sundarbans Delta The Indian Sundarban region consisting of 4,200 square kilometres (sq km) of reserved forests along with 5,400 sq km...
Solar parks – casting shadow over already ignored open natural ecosystems
In December 2020, when my friend, a forest department staff- Keshava and I were on a bird walk, around one of Asia's largest solar parks in Pavagada, we saw a dog-like creature with a...
Analysis of Environmental Clearances Given to Projects in Protected Areas
Environmental Clearances for a variety of developmental projects are critical in preserving our natural resources including forests, minerals, biodiversity, water sources, etc. It is a process that involves obtaining a nod from the government...
Financing Ecosystem Restoration with Nature Based Solutions
It’s 5 decades since the UN General Assembly designated June 5th as World Environment Day, marking the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. And the first World Environment...