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This edition of Thirty-six is about a subject which is of particular relevance to states which have significant forest cover, forest-dependent people and businesses: the proposed amendments to India’s main law for forest conservation. So let’s get right to it.
As most Indians marked the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi last Saturday, the Union environment ministry quietly uploaded for public consultation, with a short 15-day deadline, a draft document which explains the kind of changes it is proposing to make to the Forest (Conservation) Act.
Passed by Parliament in 1980, the government’s stated intent for drafting the law was to …

The window to prevent the worst impacts of climate change has shut. The heat is on global leaders at the annual climate talks in Brazil to deliver more than just theatre.
The Kanjurmarg landfill, operated by Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd., is safe from the axe for now. But its fate remains a major source of worry for the company's shareholders and the city's residents alike.
An environmental hazard has spawned the need for these quick fixes, but do they really work?