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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Myth of the pristine forest -Sharachchandra Lele , Atul Joshi and Purnima Upadhyay

Myth of the pristine forest -Sharachchandra Lele , Atul Joshi and Purnima Upadhyay

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published Published on Aug 14, 2020   modified Modified on Aug 14, 2020

-The Indian Express

Hardline conservationists fail to see possibilities of people-wildlife coexistence

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven migrant workers back to their villages, including many situated inside or on the fringes of forested areas, including sanctuaries and national parks. Even as they seek to remake livelihoods there, a new battle has emerged between the forest department (FD) and these local communities. It pertains to the declaration of a Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH), which a PIL in the Bombay High Court seeks to get the department to urgently notify.

CWH is a provision under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA). The Act primarily focuses on recognising the historically-denied rights of forest-dwellers to use and manage forests. The CWH provision, however, is an attempt to assuage concerns of wildlife conservationists. It allows for the possibility that, in protected areas (PAs) — wildlife sanctuaries and national parks — these rights could be attenuated, and, if absolutely necessary, forest-dwellers could be relocated in the interest of wildlife conservation.

Is the relocation of forest-dwellers always needed for conserving wildlife? Some hardline conservationists and foresters believe that wildlife needs absolutely “inviolate” areas — those devoid of humans and human activities. Many others believe human-wildlife co-existence is generally possible and must be promoted if we are to have “socially just conservation”.

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The Indian Express, 14 August, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/critical-wildlife-habitat-forest-rights-act-wildlife-conservation-6553692/


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