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'Do forest surveys separately' -Jacob Koshy

-The Hindu

Trees in plantations, private lands should not come under it, says expert panel

A high-power committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recommended that forest surveys — the biennial exercise by the government to estimate forest cover — explicitly demarcate trees grown in forests from those grown outside, that is, in plantations and private lands.

Currently, the government counts both towards estimating the portion of India’s geographical area covered by forest.

Independent critics have for long pointed out that including both isn’t an ecologically sound principle but this is a first instance of government-constituted committee recommending so.

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