A truly effective forest policy for India must be based on facilitating community-managed forests. The Draft 2018 POLICY undermines this instead.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/draft-forest-policy-misses-wood-trees
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chandra-bhushan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-act-1988
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-management
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/centre-science-and-environment-cse
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests