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Artikel

30 Jun 2014

Autor:
A.S.R.P. Mukesh, Telegraph

Environmentalists fear that online forest clearance for land acquisition will be skewed towards investors than ecological needs

"State gears up for forest e-clearance" 1 July 2014

Jharkhand is gearing up to follow the central system of time-bound online forest clearance launched by the Narendra Modi government to help investors acquire forestland faster, an initiative that needs to walk the tightrope between the demands of economy and ecology...only problem with online clearance is the fear among environmentalists that if the system starts working efficiently, it will be more skewed towards investors than ecological needs, leading to industrialisation of large green belts. 

 

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