Institutional changes key to conserving forests (editorial)
Institutional changes key to conserving forests (editorial)
Ruthless corruption leading to massive depletion of forest resources is an existential threat to the sustainability of the country's environment. A forest represents, besides environmental sustainability, prevention of disasters like flood and cyclone and fertility of the soil, as well as economic well-being of a vast section of people who trade on forest products. A series of recent reports of corruption, which almost amounted to sell-out of forest resources, on the part of forest officials have given a new urgency to an old problem.