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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Ambiguous definition means oil-palm plantations will count as forest cover -Jayashree Nandi

Ambiguous definition means oil-palm plantations will count as forest cover -Jayashree Nandi

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published Published on Aug 24, 2021   modified Modified on Aug 25, 2021

-Hindustan Times

The Forest Survey of India defines forest cover thus: “All lands, more than 1 ha in area with a tree canopy density of 10% irrespective of ownership and legal status.

The National Mission on Edible Oils- Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), approved by the Union Cabinet last week, will increase the area under oil palm cultivation by an additional area of 6.5 lakh hectare (ha) by 2025-26, bringing a total area of 10 lakh ha under oil palm plantations in the country -- and thanks to the current definition of forest, the plantations that studies have found lead to deforestation and loss of biodiversity, will be classified forests.

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Hindustan Times, 24 August, 2021, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ambiguous-definition-means-oil-palm-plantations-will-count-as-forest-cover-101629751494817.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ht_AMP


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