Articles by Gautam Aredath

[Commentary] Amendments in the Forest Conservation Act enable community-led recognition of forests

by Gautam Aredath 23 November 2023

The latest amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, have been widely criticised for diluting the legal safeguards applicable to forest lands. Incidentally, this coincides with the union government’s ascendant…

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