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Now, pvt land can also be deemed forests [1]

In keeping with a 1996 Supreme Court judgement, the State government will now include private lands as deemed forests if they meet the criteria it has laid down.The Forest department, in a meeting on May 24, had stated that those lands, which had 50 naturally grown trees per hectare, over and above the height of 30 cm, will be considered as deemed forest.

Publication Date: 
27/05/2014
Sandeep Moudgal [2]
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [3]
Tags:
Karnataka [4], Forests [5], Trees [6], Land [7], Central Empowered Committee (CEC) [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sandeep-moudgal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-empowered-committee-cec