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Gautam Aredath

Gautam Aredath

Articles by Gautam Aredath

The private forestry plan must square with Forest Rights Act

Bypassing gram sabhas excludes the well-established benefits of community-based forest management. Those who live in and depend on forests are more likely to make sustainable decisions. (HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 25, 2026 14:41 IST

Put communities in charge of conserving sacred groves

Motorists ride through the Shola-grassland forests or cloud forests in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) (AP)

Updated on Jan 6, 2025 15:15 IST

Empower communities to fix forest governance

Apart from having wider environmental implications, forest degradation also poses a real challenge to forest-based livelihoods (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times

Updated on Sep 5, 2024 15:39 IST

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