– Sairam Bhat* & Gayathri Gireesh** In the wake of recent landslides in Wayanad, the authors argue that the declaration of certain parts of the Western Ghats as Ecological Sensitive Areas under the Environmental Protection Act, 1986, will be a futile exercise and highly unlikely to be effective in disaster management. The need of the […]Read More
TREAD CAUTIOUSLY! SUBVERTING THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE VIS-À-VIS THE DRAFT EIA NOTIFICATION 2020 – Lianne Lucia D’souza, Research Fellow, CEERA-NLSIU At a time when the country is staring at widespread ecological destruction in the name of industrial development, the Government of India has taken upon itself the mantle of paradigm shifter by bringing about significant changes […]Read More
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