Taxonomic Amnesia and Political Cartels: The Quiet Extinction of the Western Ghats’ Canopy
Taxonomic Amnesia and Political Cartels: The Quiet Extinction of the Western Ghats’ Canopy
The Western Ghats face a hidden ecological crisis as unchecked MFP trade, taxonomic confusion and contractor cartels threaten medicinal plants, canopy trees and forest regeneration.
By K.N. Laxminarayan
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11 hours ago
Taxonomic Amnesia and Political Cartels: The Quiet Extinction of the Western Ghats’ Canopy
The Western Ghats face a hidden ecological crisis as unchecked MFP trade, taxonomic confusion and contractor cartels threaten medicinal plants, canopy trees and forest regeneration.
K.N. Laxminarayan | yesterday
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THE PAPERWORK PROTECTION: How Bureaucracy Hollowed Out Forest Jurisprudence and Bypassed the Spirit of the Godavarman Mandate
How bureaucratic paperwork and weak implementation diluted the Godavarman mandate, turning forest Working Plans into compliance tools while ecological protection suffered.
K N Laxminarayan | yesterday
Great Nicobar and the Wisdom of Limits
India’s Great Nicobar project raises critical questions over strategic development, ecological risks, seismic vulnerability, biodiversity and Shompen tribal rights.
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THE PAPERWORK PROTECTION: How Bureaucracy Hollowed Out Forest Jurisprudence and Bypassed the Spirit of the Godavarman Mandate
How bureaucratic paperwork and weak implementation diluted the Godavarman mandate, turning forest Working Plans into compliance tools while ecological protection suffered.
K N Laxminarayan | 1 day, 13 hours ago
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