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Draft forest policy misses the wood for the trees
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Financial Express
Published on: May 9, 2018
Chandra Bhushan
The government has recently released the draft National Forest Policy, 2018 (NFP 2018) for public comments. NFP 2018 intends to replace the National Forest Policy of 1988 (NFP 1988). But is there a need for a new forest policy? Let us first analyse the performance of NFP 1988.
CATEGORY : Environmental Governance
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One of India’s foremost environment and climate change experts Chandra Bhushan is the President & CEO of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST).
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