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"In March 2023 the #Forest #Conservation Amendment bill was plaed before the LokSabha. Ms Prakriti Srivastava,IFS (PCCF #Kerala) & I jointly wrote a submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, link provided at the end of the (long) thread. 1/n
highlighting the imp pts:
Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
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Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
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b) Undoes many provisions of the existing #ForestConservationAct; c) dilutes the 202/1996 #SupremeCourt ‘Godavarman’ #judgement, overturns its #conservation gains
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
The count-up begins! 🔝⏱🌳 100 million trees means removing 1771 tonnes of CO2 every day. But it means so much more. Why do we need to #PlantForests? [THREAD] 
2/ In just ten years, an improbable idea has grown into a global movement 🌍🌎🌏 blog.ecosia.org/100-million/
3/ Without trees, we don't stand a chance – #forests are the heroes keeping our planet healthy, and us alive. Here’s why 🎥
