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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects - Ishan Kukreti

India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects - Ishan Kukreti

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published Published on Jun 9, 2020   modified Modified on Jun 9, 2020

-Down to Earth

Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November)

The diversion of forest land for other purposes continued throughout India. A total 11,467.83 hectares (114.68 square kilometre) forest lands were diverted in 22 states between January 1 and November 6, 2019, the Union government admitted.

This diversion was for 932 non-forestry projects under the Forest (Conservation) Act (FCA), 1980, according to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Annual Report 2019-20 (published on the ministry website on June 8, 2020).

More than a third of the diversion (4,514 ha) was for 14 projects was in Odisha, followed by Telangana — 2,055 ha for 11 projects — and Jharkhand (869.99 ha for 11 projects).

The most number of projects — 251 — were in Haryana, which led to the diversion of 519.53 ha. Madhya Pradesh diverted 795.36 ha for 220 projects.

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Down to Earth, 9 June, 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/india-continues-to-lose-forest-land-to-non-forestry-projects-71633?fbclid=IwAR1STTM0v4hyF80_Ig7z1PU_sDWJzTTnPeSS6oRo9Nlmwor-lljkPQdkAIY


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