FOREST AND WILDLIFE:Need to actively promote eco tourism in wetlands of State: Lal Chand Kataruchak
Chandigarh, January 25(ozi news desk) Emphasizing upon the need to promote eco tourism in the wetlands of the State, the Forest and Wildlife Preservation Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak today said that this would lead towards generation of employment avenues at the local level. Presiding over a meeting of the Punjab State Wetlands Authority at the […]
The Iruliga community’s growing disconnect from the forest
The Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 (WPA) and the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 were passed by the Indian Parliament with the aim of conserving and expanding forest cover and arresting the decline of the wildlife population. While these two acts have undeniably been able to increase forest cover, their implementation has been described as punitive by the communities that have lived […]