In the preamble to the Forest Amendment Bill, 2023, introduced by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Lok Sabha on March 29, it is stated that the importance of forests must be realised to achieve India’s target of Net Zero Emission by 2070 and to maintain or enhance the forest carbon stocks through ecologically balanced sustainable …
Ecologically sensitive zones are intended to protect ‘protected areas’ – national parks and wildlife sanctuaries – by transitioning from an area of lower protection to an area of higher protection. Protected areas cover 5.26% of India’s land area as 108 national parks and 564 wildlife sanctuaries. The ESZs span notified forests outside protected areas, most of which could also come …
