Conservation of western ghats western ghats madhav gadgil. The parambikulam forest in kerala is a part of the western ghats. Gadgils western ghats western ghats landscape across 1,29,037 sq km. The environment ministry has asked stakeholder states to submit their final responses to the k kasturirangan committee report on the western ghats by june 15, telling them that no more extensions will be allowed. The committee on government assurances in the rajya sabha has urged the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to constitute a committee to. The western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep designated the entire hill range. How kerala population density westetn with rest of india. He said that kasturirangan, who headed the member high highlevel working group, constituted to examine the wgeep report, had not shown scientific courtesy to ask him about what was done by wgeep before commencing his panels work on its recommendations. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss by. The gadgil or western ghats ecological expert panel wgeep report did not. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on.
The committee will also advise the government on the stand it should take on recommendations given in the report. Kerala to form new panel to study kasturirangan report on. The recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental, said v. Issues related to the conservation of the region, overview of gadil and kasturirangan committee reports. The committee was formed in 2012 because of the inconvenience that the goi faced in implementing the recommendations of the gadgil panel. Kasturirangan committee report on recommendations of the western ghats ecology experts panel wgeep. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats clear ias.
Kasturirangan panel report govt to create new mechanism for appointment of judges protecting the academic interests of students in a lockdown. Report of the high level working group on western ghats volume i. Western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, popularly known as gadgil report, and the. The expert panel approached the project through a set of tasks such as. Dr kasturirangan report on western ghats pdf constituted a western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on western ghats gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel, said that the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee contains. Download kasturirangan malayalam report kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 1 kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 2. The kasturirangan report had said 123 villages fall under the esa purview. This kasturirangan committee was set up to study the gadgil committee report on the western ghats.
Govt said to have decided to turn 60,000 square kilometres of. Interestingly, two reports on preserving the western ghats and stopping degradation one submitted by madhav gadgil in and the later one submitted by mr. Gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel, said that the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee contains. A look at some of the main recommendations of the gadgil report, how these were substantially relaxed by a subsequent committee led by space scientist k kasturirangan, and whether implementation of the first report would have made any difference to the kerala crisis. Pdf appraising the debate on biodiversity conservation in the.
An allparty meet, convened by kerala chief minister oommen chandy on october 21, has decided to constitute an expert committee to study the kasturirangan committee report on conservation of western ghats. Vijayan, member of the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep. The study area of approximately 40,000 km2 showed a loss of 25. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf. The notifications draw strength from the recommendations of the.
Report of the high level working group on western ghats. Kasturirangan report on western ghats has made several profarmer recommendations, including the exclusion of inhabited regions and plantations from the purview of ecologically sensitive areas esas. The kasturirangan report is a disaster for the western ghats. Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on. The commission submitted the report to the government of india on 31. Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on western ghats.
The commission is formally known as western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep. Western ghats on the fringes of the west coast of india. But the kerala government rejected the committee report and did not ecologist, madhav gadgil had suggested environmental protection in. Madhav gadgil committee report and recommendations. Both committees were formed during the time of united progressive alliance upa government. We estimated changes in forest cover between 1973 and 1995 in the southern part of the western ghats using satellite data. Western ghats key geographical and environmental facts. Make recommendations for the conservation, protection and rejuvenation of the western ghats region following a comprehensive consultation. The central government on thursday came out with an order on the g. Gadgil report marked out 60 percent of the western ghats as the highestpriority ecologically sensitive zone esz 1. The western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, also known as the gadgil commission after its chairman madhav gadgil, was an environmental research commission appointed by the ministry of environment and forests of india. There are unjustified human interventions in natural.
Gujarat, maharashtra, goa, karnataka, tn and kerala are the stakeholder states. The centre had sought the views of states on the esas for issuing the final notification based on the report of the kasturirangan committee, set. Pdf kasturirangan reportwestern ghat conservation bill priju. Report of the western ghats ecology expert panel, part i.
Congress govt to reject kasturirangan report recommendations on preserving western ghats the state cabinet decided to write to the centre, po hence the demand that the government must not accept this clause. Ministry of environment and forests, government of india. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on western ghats the new indian express. Vijayaraghavan committee report, honble supreme courts directions, recommendations of the national board for wildlife, and consult all the concerned states. Will it be a disaster for the western ghats if the kasturirangan committee report is. Pdf kasturirangan reportwestern ghat conservation bill.
Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats. The commission submitted the report to the government of india on 31 august 2011. The remaining 15 percent area would become esz down to earth on western ghats. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled member highlevel working group and. The western ghats is a biological treasure trove that is endangered, and it needs to be protected and regenerated, indeed celebrated for its enormous wealth of endemic species and natural beauty says the union ministry of environment and forests high level working group, whose much awaited report on the ghats was presented to ms. Gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel, said that the recommendations of dr kasturirangan is an old respected friend. A study of the southern region, comprising the states of karnataka, kerala and tamilnadu, showed that about 40 percent of the original vegetation cover was lost or land converted to other uses between and kaaturirangan the central government deciding to implement the kasturirangan committee report on the western ghats, there were several. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss. The report by the kasturirangan panel had said that 37% of the total area of the western ghats is ecologically sensitive, covering about 60,000 sq. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on western ghats the new indian express the gadgil panel had recommended a blanket approach consisting of guidelines for sectorwise activities, which could be permitted in the ecologically sensitive zones. Kasturirangan report is antienvironmental the hindu. On persistent demand, the ministry of environment and forests moef set up in. In may 2014 national democratic alliance nda came to power and stated that it would take the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee over madhav.
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