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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Development 'biggest threat' to forests: Ramesh

Development 'biggest threat' to forests: Ramesh

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published Published on Jan 6, 2011   modified Modified on Jan 6, 2011
Unfazed by the criticism from some of his ministerial colleagues for delaying the green nod for projects in ecologically sensitive areas, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said the "single biggest threat" to the forests in the country is the "developmental threat".

"They (forests) not only face the existential threat from encroachments...but they also face what is increasingly becoming perhaps the single biggest threat to Indian forests, which I call the developmental threat," Ramesh said at a seminar organised by FICCI in New Delhi.

Referring to some examples like Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), where he had refused to give environmental clearances for various projects, Ramesh explained why his name has figured in most of the reported conflicts among ministers in the UPA government.

"These are issues that I think are very much in public domain today and explain the reasons why I am present in 9 out of 13 conflicts, according to one newspaper today," he said.

Speaking in the presence of Nobel laureate Prof Elinor Ostrom, Ramesh said environmental issues should be addressed "at a time when India is on high growth profile" and at a time "we need to sustain ourselves on this growth profile."

Ramesh said encroachment threats, cattle threats and threat to common property resources like forest from people can be managed at the local level. "But what can't be managed is this growth dynamic," he said. "And in area after area and forest area after forest area, this is becoming the critical choice.

The Economic Times, 6 January, 2011, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/development-biggest-threat-to-forests-ramesh/articleshow/7225714.cms


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