New Delhi: National Council for Wildlife (NBWL), a peak body that accepts land use from different conservation areas for development activities, has been approved by around 1,792 hectares – an area equivalent to 3,349 sizes of football – Habitat Wildlife for 48 projects on the project In 2020, the year of Pandemic which greatly limited land visits to make important decisions.
A study, analyzing all permissions provided by the Permanent Committee (SC) from NBWL last year, have found that SC-NBWL considers 82 proposals, of which 25 for redirects in wildlife and national park sanctuates.
Most of the cleaned projects are for linear diversions in the washing place, national parks and tiger reserves, saying this research, which is carried out by new Delhi-based non-profit organizations, legal initiatives for forests and the environment (life).
Linear projects are activities that disrupt linear land such as roads, trains, transmission lines, pipes or any utility paths.
It is said, “the linear project is known to be very damaging because they break the entire landscape and disrupt the range of animal movement.” About 1,040 hectares are approved for the transfer of the sensitive zone while nearly 594 hectares are approved from the tiger habitat for linear, defense and infrastructure development projects.
The remaining 158 hectares were diverted in Wildlife Succuaries, National Park and Conservation Reserves, he said.
SC-NBWL is led by environmental minister Union Prakash Javadekar.
It consists of a member secretary and different members, including non-officials, nominated by the Minister.
SC-NBWL also approved de-notification of 1,08,983 hectares (around 1,089 square kilometers) from the protected area (PA) of Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary (HWS) above and a great Indian sanctuation in MP.
Analysis by life shows PA of more than 38,303 hectares de-notified in 2018 which involves notification of the entire Sanctuary Turtle in Varanasi, while 5,445 hectares PA was not told in 2019.
Even though the Ministry did not respond to the question of research findings, an official asking for anonymity To notify the HWS area taken to only rationalize the boundary of the sanctuary because the portion is basically non-forest land and used for agriculture and residence for years.
He said, “The forest area will continue to be part of the sanctuary.”