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Office memorandum: High level working group report on Western Ghats (Kasturirangan Panel report) [1]

This memorandum dated 20 Dec 2013 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests clarifies that there is no ban on agriculture and plantations activities along the Western Ghats..

See also
Report of the high level working group on Western Ghats (Kasturirangan Western Ghats Report) - http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/374055/report-of-the-hi... [2]

Report of the Western Ghats ecology expert panel 2011 (Madhav Gadgil Western Ghats Report) - http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/349735/report-of-the-we... [3]

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding status of Dr. Gadgil and Dr. Kasturirangan Reports, 12/11/2013
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/383975/order-of-the-nat... [4]

Office memorandum: High level working group report on Western Ghats which states that the Ministry has accepted the HLWG report "in principle" subject to some conditions.

Publication Date: 
20/12/2013
Ministry of Environment and Forests [5]
Tags:
Western Ghats [6], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [7], Biodiversity [8], Sustainable Development [9], Protected Area Conservation [10], Mining [11], Thermal Power Plants [12], Forest Rights Act 2006 [13], Gram Sabhas [14]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/office-memorandum-high-level-working-group-report-western-ghats
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/374055/report-of-the-high-level-working-group-on-western-ghats-kasturirangan-western-ghats-report/
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/349735/report-of-the-western-ghats-ecology-expert-panel-2011-madhav-gadgil-western-ghats-report/
[4] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/383975/order-of-the-national-green-tribunal-regarding-status-of-dr-gadgil-and-dr-kasturirangan-reports-12112013/
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ministry-environment-and-forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/protected-area-conservation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas